by RG | Feb 11, 2025 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Mergerlinks’ annual ranking of the top 10 mergers & acquisitions deal leads based on total deal value, which two Biglaw firms had two attorneys on the list? Hint: 2024 was a great year...
by RG | Feb 11, 2025 | above the law
This Biglaw Firm Is On The Defense: Vinson & Elkins is ready to fight! Tom Goldstein Is In Jail: He may not pass go or collect $200. Interesting Use Of Pardon Power: Rod Blagojevich and Eric Adams get to walk. Biglaw Firm Goes Dark: Venable moves to a black box...
by RG | Feb 10, 2025 | above the law
Is this a tyranny? (Photo by Apu Gomes/Getty Images)Judge Paul Engelmayer issued a Saturday temporary restraining order blocking Elon Musk’s band of teen tech bro interns from siphoning Treasury Department data onto private hard drives next to their BitTorrent Hobbit...
by RG | Feb 10, 2025 | above the law
(Photo via Getty Images)Another day, another courtroom smackdown for the Trump administration. Today’s hiding comes courtesy of Judge John McConnell in Rhode Island, who is not impressed with the government’s claim to have violated his prior TRO by accident. The case...
by RG | Feb 10, 2025 | above the law
Late last week, we noted that K&L Gates made some edits to the firm website over the last month. Specifically, removing several references to diversity, the firm’s Mansfield pledge, and key stats about firm demographics. The firm’s Diversity and Inclusion...
by RG | Feb 10, 2025 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which billionaire and former finance chair of the RNC is asking the Supreme Court to reconsider its “actual malice” standard, in an attempt to revive his defamation lawsuit against the Associated Press...
