by RG | Sep 16, 2026 | above the law
Weil labels Cravath a “smaller platform” following partner departure, vaulting to the top of the leaderboard as the most passive aggressive statement a law firm has made this year. Which is saying a lot. Meanwhile, Missouri Republicans spent the week putting on a...
by RG | Sep 16, 2026 | above the law
New Hampshire’s top judge is out, and he’s taking an ethics confession with him on the way out the door. On Tuesday, Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s office released a one-paragraph resignation letter from Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald, effective immediately. The letter says, “I...
by RG | Sep 16, 2026 | above the law
Threats against federal judges have become an increasingly grim feature of the Trump II era, with jurists facing everything from swatting attempts to death threats for the apparent offense of doing their jobs. Now, one man accused of threatening to murder a federal...
by RG | Sep 16, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! In 1807, a former vice president stood trial for treason, accused of plotting to carve his own empire out of the western frontier, with the sitting president driving the prosecution and openly...
by RG | Sep 15, 2026 | above the law
Law firm partners are supposed to share profits, not treat the firm’s operating account like a personal piggy bank. Unfortunately, one former managing partner in Illinois is accused of having missed that particular lesson in law firm management. According to a...
by RG | Sep 15, 2026 | above the law
The big remote debate. It’s mostly over, right? Most big firms think they have solved the conundrum by summoning lawyers back to the office three, four, or even five days a week. End of discussion. But small-to-midsize firms still struggle with the issue of whether to...
