by RG | Jun 24, 2026 | above the law
FBI Arrests Eric Adams’s Former Chief Of Staff: Frank Carone arrested on federal bribery charges. Computer For Counsel?: Perplexity has a fix for the administrative grunt work you didn’t go to law school to do. Winston Taylor: New (merged) firm, fewer Texas partners....
by RG | Jun 24, 2026 | above the law
Frank Carone, the former chief of staff to ex-Mayor Eric Adams and one of the most connected lawyers in Brooklyn Democratic politics, was arrested this morning by the FBI on federal bribery charges. He was taken into custody at his Manhattan home, and he and the other...
by RG | Jun 24, 2026 | above the law
On June 18, 2026, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced that comedian Carlos Mencia (aka Ned Arnel Holness) has been charged with 12 counts of failing to file tax returns between 2019 and 2024. Last Thursday morning, Mencia was arrested at his...
by RG | Jun 24, 2026 | above the law
Bruce Jay Colan spent decades at Holland & Knight before doing what every exhausted Biglaw partner dreams of: he retired. Then Miami’s World Cup host committee came calling in 2023, and he said yes. Shortly after that, he was diagnosed with dry age-related macular...
by RG | Jun 24, 2026 | above the law
Winston & Strawn spent the better part of the last year building toward a splashy transatlantic merger with U.K. firm Taylor Wessing. The partner vote came back overwhelmingly in favor, and the combination officially closed earlier this month, birthing the newly...
by RG | Jun 24, 2026 | above the law
Another week, another tech company decides that lawyers represent a market worth conquering. This time it’s Perplexity, the AI outfit that made its name with web search, delivering actually useful output that no longer requires scrolling down through six irrelevant...
