by RG | Aug 8, 2025 | above the law
After months of speculation amid an uncertain economy, it looks like it’s going to be a hot bonus summer after all! First came boutique firm Vartabedian Hester & Haynes, followed by midsize firm Otterbourg, and last but certainly not least, Milbank. We wondered if...
by RG | Aug 8, 2025 | above the law
Bruna Lírio (Photo by Rachpoot/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)Move over Mailbox Rule, there’s a new theory of service out there. The plaintiffs in Sulici and Chihaia v. Color Image Apparel et al. purported to serve defendant Bruna Lírio by depositing the complaint in her...
by RG | Aug 8, 2025 | above the law
We have some tragic news to report from China, where an accomplished Biglaw partner is suspected to have died by suicide. According to Law.com International, Brian Schwarzwalder, 54, a corporate partner in Gibson Dunn’s Hong Kong office, reportedly took his own life...
by RG | Aug 8, 2025 | above the law
Most people think of the Law School Admission Council as the nerds who write the LSAT. The folks that had to be dragged kicking and screaming from forcing another generation to answer questions like “if Peter is taller than Nancy but shorter than Steve, what color is...
by RG | Aug 8, 2025 | above the law
At least 106 federal law clerks were mistreated by judges in 2023, according to the judiciary’s own workplace climate survey, meaning as many as 106 federal judges committed actionable misconduct. Yet just three judicial misconduct complaints were filed by law clerks...
by RG | Aug 8, 2025 | above the law
Someone hacked the federal courts’ beloved filing platform. Once a humble slush fund for courts to finance office renovations, PACER is now just a creaking but functional database struggling under the demands of power users and the sort of morons who think feeding...
