by RG | Apr 10, 2026 | 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. “Supreme Court Secrecy Includes Reasons for Recusal; Justices often don’t...
by RG | Apr 10, 2026 | 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. “Supreme Court Secrecy Includes Reasons for Recusal; Justices often don’t...
by RG | Apr 10, 2026 | above the law
* Texas judge ordered a lawyer to appear in court for criticizing the judge for berating an IT worker in a viral video. The lawyer refused to show up himself, but his fellow lawyers did to push back on the improper, retaliatory order. [NY Post] * AI hallucination...
by RG | Apr 9, 2026 | above the law
Turns Out You Can Squeeze Too Much Out Of A Day: Australian lawyer billed over 31 hours for a day of work. The Best Firms In The City That Never Sleeps: See the best of the Big Apple! ‘Super Drunk’ Judge Pleads No Contest: He’s set to be sentenced on May 13th. Like...
by RG | Apr 9, 2026 | above the law
Of all the reasons to kill off the billable hour — and advancing AI technology presents a big one — let us not sleep on the prospect of putting an end to lazy record-keeping. In the heat of lawyerly battle, no one does a particularly great job of tracking all their...
by RG | Apr 9, 2026 | above the law
When we last checked in with Judge Thomas L. Ludington (E.D. Michigan), the federal jurist had been accused of driving “super drunk” and was also staring down a judicial misconduct complaint. Back in February, he opted to take a voluntary leave of absence from the...
