by RG | Oct 14, 2026 | above the law
The world’s richest man continues to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to help Republican politicians escape the electoral consequences of their spectacular mismanagement of all three branches of the federal government. We’ll see if he can succeed in buying...
by RG | Oct 14, 2026 | above the law
That headline is a tad overdramatic, but Kirkland & Ellis did announce that it would no longer help journalists reporting on its financial strength. For years, most law firms have volunteered key data about their businesses to reporters to facilitate the rankings....
by RG | Oct 14, 2026 | above the law
A couple weeks ago, Judge James Ho used a concurrence to complain that it’s unfair that people accuse judges of auditioning for promotions. Late last week, he wrote a dissent as part of his audition for a promotion. On Friday, the Fifth Circuit voted 10-7 against an...
by RG | Oct 14, 2026 | above the law
Getty ImagesLaw firms are pouring money into AI adoption right now, hoping a new tool will magically organize decades of scattered knowledge. Nobody threw anything away, but almost nobody organized it either, notes Rachel Shields Williams, the director of AI and...
by RG | Oct 14, 2026 | above the law
The post Democratic Midterm Gains Could Speed US Military Aid To Ukraine, Lawmaker Says appeared first on Above the Law. Jim Himes, ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence addresses the Warsaw Security Conference (Warsaw Security...
by RG | Oct 14, 2026 | above the law
* New press secretary claims to be a lawyer, but she’s never passed a bar in the United States. In response, she says she passed the bar exam in China… even though China doesn’t let foreign nationals take their bar exam. [Popular Information] * Reddit wants Proskauer...
