by RG | May 12, 2026 | above the law
After the New York Times published internal memos detailing how Chief Justice John Roberts converted the emergency docket into a blunt political instrument to issue policy decisions, the public has grown more curious about the shadow docket. Why is it exactly that the...
by RG | May 12, 2026 | above the law
LOIS, the Legal Operating Intelligence System from Filevine, is transforming the practice of law. It’s doing this not by replacing human expertise, but by amplifying it, creating a future where legal professionals can fully focus on delivering justice and serving...
by RG | May 12, 2026 | above the law
Former FBI Director James Comey may be facing the dumbest federal criminal prosecution in American history — claims that he threatened Donald Trump’s life by taking a picture of some sea shells — but at least the ordeal hasn’t 86’d his capacity for unintentional...
by RG | May 12, 2026 | above the law
Donald Trump took to Truth Social over the weekend to do what Donald Trump does when things don’t go his way: write an extremely long post that reads like a stream of consciousness from a man who has never heard of the separation of powers and would like a refund. The...
by RG | May 12, 2026 | above the law
Sane people on the right say that critics of Donald Trump should calm down. Trump says some crazy stuff, they concede, but he’s just kidding. Look at what he does, not what he says. Here’s my question: How do we know when Trump’s kidding? If a Trump supporter can tell...
by RG | May 12, 2026 | above the law
Every time we think we have a handle on the scope of the Biglaw insider trading scheme that rocked elite M&A practices last week, it gets a little bigger. First it was Yale Law grad Nicolo Nourafchan and his network of well-placed insiders. Then a cooperating...
