by RG | May 8, 2026 | above the law
It used to be the case that if you left Biglaw for a small, boutique, or midsize firm, you had to expect a pay cut. It might not have been a huge pay cut, maybe $10K or $20K below the standard Biglaw scale, but given the opportunities offered by smaller firms,...
by RG | May 8, 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. “Did This Appeals Court Go Rogue on Abortion Pills? The Fifth Circuit,...
by RG | May 8, 2026 | above the law
Vault recently published the 2026 edition of all manner of its closely watched rankings for the country’s law firms, including prestige rankings and quality of life rankings. We recently discovered which midsize law firms are the best to work for, but which midsize...
by RG | May 8, 2026 | above the law
In dinosaur days, if a lawyer or a judge had any publicity, it was frowned upon. The best lawyers were always behind the scenes, doing what they did best, without any fanfare or flacks (they are called publicists today). There were stunning verdicts, trial lawyers at...
by RG | May 8, 2026 | above the law
When we first covered the sweeping 30-person insider trading indictment targeting attorneys at the nation’s premier law firms, we noted that the unnamed co-conspirators still lurking in the indictment meant the story wasn’t fully told yet. We were right. When the DOJ...
by RG | May 8, 2026 | above the law
Perhaps Matt Taibbi’s most famous bit of writing ever was his takedown of Goldman Sachs in Rolling Stone (and then in a book that followed) that opened with the highly evocative metaphor: The world’s most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped...
