by RG | Nov 3, 2025 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Stephen Baccus is the youngest person ever to get a J.D. from an American law school. Which law school did he attend? Hint: He got his J.D. at 16 in 1986. He went on to get a doctorate in neuroscience,...
by RG | Nov 3, 2025 | above the law
Prepare For Change, Goodwin Associates: The firm will expect to see you Monday-Thursday in person starting next year. So Much For Not Attacking Protestors In Costumes: All thanks to the 7th Circuit! There Goes $400M!: Justin Baldoni’s lawyers miss multimillion-dollar...
by RG | Nov 2, 2025 | above the law
White House Cracks Down On DOJ Lawyers Calling January 6 A ‘Riot’: Two suspended for declining to refer to it as “enthusiastic tourism.” Hot Dog!: An IRS attorney sidelined by the shutdown has opened a hot dog stand. You’d better believe he’s deducting that. Biglaw...
by RG | Nov 1, 2025 | above the law
If you weren’t already super psyched for the Big Beautiful Bill borrowing caps making law school unaffordable for many, get ready to learn that most lawyerly public service is no longer getting loan forgiveness. Because public service itself is going to “illegal.” The...
by RG | Oct 31, 2025 | above the law
Pick up a copy of any law review that you see, and the first article is likely to be, you know, the influence of Immanuel Kant on evidentiary approaches in 18th century Bulgaria or something. –Chief Justice Roberts back in the day, in a quote resurfaced by The New...
by RG | Oct 31, 2025 | above the law
Weil Gotshal partner Gerhard Schmidt, co-managing partner of the Biglaw firm’s German offices and a private equity and mergers & acquisitions attorney, is on the hot seat thanks to a €5 million personal investment. According to reporting by the Financial Times, in...
