by RG | Jul 25, 2025 | above the law
Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing. “Alina Habba Is Named Acting U.S. Attorney in New Jersey; Ms. Habba’s...
by RG | Jul 25, 2025 | above the law
(Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg)The Supreme Court’s shadow docket has become a lawless mess. The justices are issuing extremely consequential rulings with either no explanation at all, or with barely a paragraph of reasoning. No full briefing. No oral...
by RG | Jul 25, 2025 | above the law
Are you searching for a law school where you can actually have a social life? Of course you are! But would that social life be dampered by ultra-competitive classmates? These are questions well worth asking before you plop down a deposit to reserve your seat for the...
by RG | Jul 25, 2025 | above the law
Back in May, Butler Snow received a particularly irate order to show cause. The firm represented the Alabama Department of Corrections in case where an inmate was stabbed 20 times — not 20 times in one sitting, 20 different times — and the inmate objected to the...
by RG | Jul 25, 2025 | above the law
In 2023, Daniel Waxman was a partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, leading their torts practice in the New York office. But his legal career came screeching to a halt in June 2023, when Waxman was arrested for attempting to meet up with a 14-year-old girl he was...
by RG | Jul 25, 2025 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. What we understand is that the firms that are paying the most also often give the highest bonuses, and there are reasons for that. Those are the firms that are really competing with [Biglaw] for talent, that’s...
