by RG | Oct 16, 2026 | 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. “DC urges appeals court to end yearlong National Guard deployment in...
by RG | Oct 16, 2026 | above the law
The People’s Parity Project, the law student organization that turned Biglaw recruiting season into a pressure campaign, is folding itself into the Roosevelt Institute. According to a press release, PPP’s staff, network, programming, and assets will be integrated into...
by RG | Oct 16, 2026 | above the law
* The BBC is trying to hold Trump’s feet to the deposition fire. [Associated Press] * The DOJ’s beef with California over voter rolls heads to court. [Politico] * OpenAI & Meta tell the courts to be very worried about the deepfake evidence. We’re all looking for...
by RG | Oct 15, 2026 | above the law
You Sure About That? Katie Zacharia failed the bar exam, but still insists on referring to herself as a lawyer. Judge’s Lorax-Laced Benchslap Asks Why Trump’s Tree Massacre Was So Urgent: Spoiler, it wasn’t. From #DumpKirkland To Government General Counsel: People’s...
by RG | Oct 15, 2026 | above the law
Have you noticed, or perhaps it’s just me, that FUBARS tend to breed? If there is one FUBAR, more emerge. What’s the difference between a SNAFU and a FUBAR? Degrees of idiocy. So how is this for a FUBAR? Tennessee tries to execute a female death row inmate, Christa...
by RG | Oct 15, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which Biglaw firm was founded in 1949 by a Chicago lawyer who’d grown up poor in New Mexico — and, by some accounts, hopped freight trains to get to law school — on an idea the profession found faintly...
