by RG | Jul 17, 2025 | above the law
Biglaw partners and associates — and perhaps clients, too — continue to flee firms that capitulated to Trump, promising nearly $1 billion in pro bono payola for conservative causes. The powers that be at firms outside of these dastardly deals are collectively wiping...
by RG | Jul 17, 2025 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. [The fact that this topic has remained in the news] reminds firms that if they settle, people will not forget quickly. I am guessing that the firms that settled never anticipated the extent of the blowback or...
by RG | Jul 17, 2025 | above the law
It’s time for my annual (or semi-annual, if you have to take the February bar for whatever reason) rant about the bar exam. I won’t say a peep about the disaster that was the February California Bar Exam. That prompted the resignation of the bar’s executive director....
by RG | Jul 17, 2025 | above the law
A recent Wall Street Journal headline caught my eye. The gist of the article, entitled CEOs Start Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: AI Will Wipe Out Jobs, is what it sounds. It quotes a number of CEOs to the effect that AI is going to massively impact white collar jobs....
by RG | Jul 17, 2025 | above the law
“Tip creep” has been a pervasive issue in American culture for some time now. Many businesses, faced with rising costs or insurmountable greed, have increasingly turned to tip encouragement as a means of underpaying their employees while simultaneously being...
by RG | Jul 17, 2025 | above the law
Masked ICE agents are only the start of the assault on government transparency. Now, government attorneys that are arguing to deport immigrants are doing so in secret. The Intercept reports on two separate instances immigration judges in New York City declined to...
