by RG | Nov 13, 2026 | above the law
The GOP and Ted Cruz are trying to rush the appointment of Brendan Carr’s personal legal aide Danielle Thumann Severs to the FCC. While simultaneously refusing to seat any new Democrats to the Commission or extend the term of Democratic FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez,...
by RG | Nov 13, 2026 | above the law
Richard Posner wrote more than 3,300 opinions over nearly 36 years on the Seventh Circuit. He also authored or co-authored over 50 books and published something like 900 journal articles. According to one accounting, Posner averaged 14.7 articles per year over the...
by RG | Nov 13, 2026 | above the law
* Former Cravath staffer accused of insider trading. [Law360] * Senate wants to know why the administration learned that the CEO of the company holding up the entire stock market was having an affair with a Chinese spy and didn’t do anything. [Reuters] * Judge ordered...
by RG | Nov 12, 2026 | above the law
The post Clio Wants To Bring AI To The Judiciary, But 50-State Survey Reveals Policies Differ In Whether They Allow It appeared first on Above the Law.As I have reported here, the legal technology company Clio is making a big push into the judiciary. It wants to...
by RG | Nov 12, 2026 | above the law
Law school can make accomplished people feel incompetent by lunchtime. You arrive with good grades and ambition. Then someone asks you to explain a nineteenth-century opinion, challenges every answer, and moves on before you understand what happened. Your response may...
by RG | Nov 12, 2026 | above the law
In the year of our lord 2026, a federal judge getting real frustrated at a Trump administration lawyer is practically its own genre. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Sanket Bulsara of the Eastern District of New York added the latest entry, barring Assistant U.S....
