by RG | Sep 28, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! The nomination of which Supreme Court justice reportedly received gasps from the Senate when his name was submitted by President Woodrow Wilson? The fight that followed dragged on four months, the...
by RG | Sep 28, 2026 | above the law
DISCO’s 2026 Legal AI Report opens by announcing that this “may be the year the legal tech dam finally burst.” Compared to the legal industry’s baseline, that makes some sense, with simple adoption taking a huge leap this year. Despite the gushing imagery though, the...
by RG | Sep 28, 2026 | above the law
When personal injury attorney Tony Buzbee’s client, Jane Doe, dropped her sexual assault lawsuit against Jay-Z last year, the allegation didn’t simply disappear. Jay-Z, whose legal name is Shawn Carter, kept fighting the lawyer who brought the case. Now, in a stunning...
by RG | Sep 28, 2026 | above the law
Donald Trump has made several predictions during the past 10 years. In February 2020, Trump predicted that COVID would go away — “like a miracle” — very quickly. Mm-hmm. In fact, the country would be “opened up” by Easter 2020. Mm-hmm. He predicted that the war in...
by RG | Sep 28, 2026 | above the law
Donald Trump has found a new way to spend your money on himself. This weekend, the White House rolled out its latest government-paid “public service announcement,” and this one doesn’t bother pretending to be something other than a campaign ad, because, well, it is...
by RG | Sep 28, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. You go from essentially a monk-like existence where you’re in your chambers — unless you’re in court — you’ve got your three law clerks, or your family. And here, gosh, I’ve already traveled to probably four or...