by RG | Sep 23, 2025 | above the law
The Associates At These Firms Are Putting The Hours In: Is your firm on the list? No Drinking On The Job: Judge accused of showing up drunk and harassing colleagues. LSU Settles With Former Law Dean: Best of luck to both of them! Our Condolences To Alfred Youngwood:...
by RG | Sep 22, 2025 | above the law
Seems like everyone’s got an opinion about the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel by ABC following the comedian’s comments about the death of far-right activist Charlie Kirk. Which… given the FCC’s role in pressuring ABC and the First Amendment’s prohibition on exactly that,...
by RG | Sep 22, 2025 | above the law
Ed. note: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup, here. Happy Monday! Hello from California (again)! As I write you, I’m heading back from my week of leadership conferences where I...
by RG | Sep 22, 2025 | above the law
Biglaw firms continue to shutter their offices in China like it’s going out of style. Today, we have news on the ninth large law firm to close the doors of a Chinese office in 2025. As noted by Law.com International, K&L Gates — a firm that brought in...
by RG | Sep 22, 2025 | above the law
Over the weekend, it came out that Tom Homan, one of the senior architects of the Trump administration’s immigration policy, allegedly took $50K from undercover FBI agents posing as business executives hoping to bribe their way into government contracts if Trump won....
by RG | Sep 22, 2025 | above the law
The recent Jimmy Kimmel suspension was more than just a crash course in jawboning; it was the banana in the coal mine that showed how thin the line is between late night comedy and government censorship. And after ABC caved to a direct threat from the FCC, it seemed...
