by RG | Dec 19, 2025 | 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 Circuit likely to reject Peter Navarro’s contempt appeal on broad...
by RG | Dec 19, 2025 | above the law
On Wednesday, Politico was first to report that cosplay US Attorney Lindsey Halligan got no-billed again in her pursuit of Letitia James. Since Judge Cameron Currie dismissed the original indictment of the New York Attorney General along with charges against Jim...
by RG | Dec 19, 2025 | above the law
This year, WilmerHale ponied up to fight the good fight against the Trumpian Executive Order designed to break the major law firm and have them bend a knee to Trump or extract a tremendous financial penalty. WilmerHale’s strategy in standing up for the rule of law has...
by RG | Dec 19, 2025 | above the law
Biglaw firms have largely fallen in line with the prevailing market rate (i.e., the Cravath/Milbank scale for year-end and special bonuses) this cycle, with match announcements rolling in one after another as firms play it safe and stick to the script. One Biglaw firm...
by RG | Dec 19, 2025 | above the law
One of the signs you’ve begun thinking like a lawyer is when you happen upon a news story and reflexively think “That’s a lawsuit waiting to happen.” Case in point — Larry Bushart getting arrested and charged over a Trump meme. Thankfully, the long wait is over:...
by RG | Dec 19, 2025 | above the law
Proceeding under the name Jane Doe, a former associate at DLA Piper has filed suit alleging that Brian Biggs, then a partner at the firm, raped her and later escalated the violence by breaking into her home and strangling her. The complaint paints a grim picture of...
