by RG | Aug 16, 2026 | above the law
A court employee in Connecticut noticed an unusual stretch of white space in a filing. Upon closer inspection, the “nothing” turned out to be 3-point, white-on-white text. It would be invisible to any human casually reading reading the page, but perfectly legible to...
by RG | Aug 16, 2026 | above the law
Luigi Mangione walked into a Manhattan federal courtroom earlier today to plead guilty to interstate stalking charges. In the process, he admitted that he killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, stating “on the morning of Dec. 4, 2024, I shot Mr. Thompson in...
by RG | Aug 16, 2026 | above the law
Yale Law Cool Kids’ Chat: JD and Usha Vance’s law school classmates have kept a private Signal chat running for years to gossip about the couple’s improbable turn from Yale liberals to MAGA royalty. Mangione Tries For Double Jeopardy Where The Scores Can Really...
by RG | Aug 14, 2026 | above the law
Gloria Park always wanted to be a storyteller. She just didn’t expect to find that career in litigation. In this episode, the Susman Godfrey partner talks about growing up in a first-generation immigrant family, choosing law school because it let her “tell stories for...
by RG | Aug 14, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. That’s a big undertaking because we haven’t looked at renovating how we are structured for 40 or 50 years. We need to move into the 21st century. — Barbara Howard, president of the American Bar Association, in...
by RG | Aug 14, 2026 | above the law
“Dark social” can easily conjure images of sinister figures holding clandestine meetings by dead of night. As dramatic as the term sounds, the reality is far more mundane. Dark social is a catchall term for the many digital communication tools that are intended for...
