by RG | Jul 16, 2026 | above the law
Kathryn Ruemmler, the former White House counsel/Biglaw partner/Goldman Sachs General Counsel, finally had her day in front of the House Oversight Committee this week, sitting for a closed-door, transcribed interview about her years-long relationship with Jeffrey...
by RG | Jul 16, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. When you take a settlement with Donald Trump, you are not actually buying a legal peace and you are not actually buying certainty as to your obligations. At all points, the chance that the president’s ire could...
by RG | Jul 16, 2026 | above the law
A Stanford Law grad-turned-founder-CEO, a former Meta counsel, a lawyer-turned-legal tech exec, and an AI PhD walked into a room and asked a simple question: Why does AI keep failing legal? This guide from our friends at LegalOn is the answer. Download it to explore:...
by RG | Jul 16, 2026 | above the law
Today is July 16. Forty-four days have passed since Milbank announced that it would be raising associate salaries by $10,000 to $20,000, based on class year. Outside of a few early movers, much of Biglaw has spent the last six weeks pretending Milbank never made the...
by RG | Jul 16, 2026 | above the law
Early last week, I was at the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library for its first weekend. At the library itself, despite President Donald Trump inserting himself incongruously into the opening ceremonies, I did not see a single person sporting a Trump-branded...
by RG | Jul 16, 2026 | above the law
The findings of a recent survey from Deloitte Legal could spell trouble for law firms as in-house legal departments look to do more with AI and less with outside counsel. While many of the findings in the report are forward looking and are predictions rather than what...
