by RG | Oct 8, 2026 | above the law
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly (a Trump appointee, a fact the president himself has been lamenting since the beginning) looks ready to keep his order blocking Trump’s ban on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico in place for the long haul. As reported by Politico, at a hearing...
by RG | Oct 8, 2026 | above the law
Better Call Saul was supposed to be a cautionary tale, not a career guide. One former Alaska attorney learned that the hard way. Justin Facey, a 46-year-old former Anchorage defense attorney, was recently sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty...
by RG | Oct 8, 2026 | above the law
Kirkland & Ellis — the biggest of them all, the firm that has spent years parked at the very top of Biglaw’s money charts — has decided it’s done showing its work. The firm told The American Lawyer it will no longer provide financial data to the media, which means...
by RG | Oct 8, 2026 | above the law
Age 68: She Leaves Imagine a lawyer at her retirement party. She has tried her last case, packed her office, and heard enough speeches. Then a partner she hired out of law school leans over and says, “We’ve got it from here.” Those are the words she will remember. The...
by RG | Oct 8, 2026 | above the law
The post ROSS Says It Will Ask Supreme Court To Review Third Circuit Ruling For Thomson Reuters In Copyright Case appeared first on Above the Law.Following this week’s ruling by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in favor of Thomson Reuters in its long-running...
by RG | Oct 8, 2026 | above the law
The University of Austin, the anti-woke glorified book club that Bari Weiss co-founded, teased a new law program a few weeks ago that it hoped to build in conjunction with the Federalist Society. Things appear to have escalated quickly since then, with the school...
