by RG | Jul 7, 2026 | above the law
Pro bono work has taken on an entirely different hue under the Trump II administration, with some Biglaw firms afraid to take on work that may be frowned upon by the White House, and others pledging hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of pro bono payola to...
by RG | Jul 7, 2026 | above the law
Auth. note: Though it was certainly tempting, no artificial intelligence technology was used to create this publication. All appearing em dashes were added by the author — just as nature intended. Welcome to the sequel to the Legal Tech-to-English Dictionary (2022)....
by RG | Jul 7, 2026 | above the law
One might say that Blank Rome got hacked. But “hacked” would be doing a lot of heavy lifting in that case. It’s not like anybody cracked the firewall, deployed a zero-day, or spent a month tunneling through the firm’s defenses while taunting the IT team. Someone...
by RG | Jul 7, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Please welcome Howard Rosenberg, head of the Talent Intelligence + Acquisitions practice of Baretz+Brunelle, to the pages of Above the Law. In this new series, he and his colleagues at B+B will share their thoughts on trends they’re seeing across the legal...
by RG | Jul 7, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. It’s the splashiness of the announcement. I’ve heard from people at Kirkland’s peer firms in the private equity area that they feel they need to respond somehow. I think some other firm will feel threatened...
by RG | Jul 7, 2026 | above the law
Folks are just coming out of the woodwork to oppose Donald Trump’s AG nominee. The latest addition to genre is a letter signed by 1200+ former Department of Justice employees — career prosecutors, FBI officials, and former U.S. Attorneys who served under both...
