by RG | Jul 9, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Trump’s rendition cases are starting to bleed into each other. On Monday, plaintiffs in the habeas case for men banished to the notorious CECOT prison in El Salvador docketed an admission by the Salvadoran government that the United...
by RG | Jul 9, 2025 | above the law
Vault recently published the 2026 edition of all manner of its closely watched rankings for the largest law firms in the country, proving that money — in the form of Cravath’s perennially competitive pay scale — can buy prestige and (sometimes) happiness. But what...
by RG | Jul 9, 2025 | above the law
Great lawyers have an intimate relationship with words. They know how words feel. They know what words mean. As do the writers at Merriam-Webster. That is why when someone uses a word incorrectly, the staffers at Merriam-Webster take it upon themselves to set the...
by RG | Jul 9, 2025 | above the law
The post In-House Counsel: Which Law Firms Do You Count On? appeared first on Above the Law.Every year, we publish a list of the top law firms in the country, and we’re now collecting information for the 2025 edition.As always, to build our Outside Counsel Rankings,...
by RG | Jul 9, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)Given Mike “MyPillow” Lindell’s history of claims about the 2020 election, it’s a fair question whether turning his legal filings over to generative AI might actually reduce the hallucinatory nonsense. Alas, the court did not...
by RG | Jul 9, 2025 | above the law
Nine Biglaw firms showed their belly to Trump and signed deals with the administration promising a combined $940 million in pro bono payola for whichever conservative causes and clients strike Donald Trump’s fancy. The result of forsaking the rule of law hasn’t been...
