by RG | Sep 14, 2026 | above the law
The post With Reconciliation Uncertain, Pentagon Eyeing Plan To Retool FY27 Priorities With Congress appeared first on Above the Law.WASHINGTON — If Congress does not pass the full $350 billion reconciliation funding requested by the Pentagon, the department is...
by RG | Sep 14, 2026 | above the law
* Looks imminent? Anyone want odds? [Law360] * Deep dive into how the federalist society got us here. [The Atlantic] * How Legora aims to take on legal industry giants. [Business Insider] * ACC going after another in house counsel group accusing them of training on...
by RG | Sep 13, 2026 | above the law
If At First The Supreme Court Tells You To Stop: Missouri Republicans keep unsuccessfully sending its gerrymander to the Supreme Court. Try, Try Again: And the Supreme Court keeps telling them to pound sand. Fifty-One Shades Of ‘Rigged’: DOJ and Education Department...
by RG | Sep 12, 2026 | above the law
First Circuit Senior Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson is 75 years old, but you wouldn’t know it from this opinion. Channeling her inner Gen Z, Judge Thompson put out a lengthy bankruptcy opinion that took a sledgehammer to the air of formality that’s surrounded legal...
by RG | Sep 11, 2026 | above the law
The One Thing Nobody Has Ever Called Cravath… ‘A Smaller Platform’: Until Weil, which just lost its corporate chair to the firm, gave it a shot. Hear Me Out: Should we really care that a federal court opinion reads like Gen Z slang? We Sure Could Use More Human Rights...
by RG | Sep 11, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Who was the first woman in the United States to graduate from law school, earning her degree with honors from the institution we now know as Northwestern in 1870? Hint: When she tried to put it to use,...