by RG | May 27, 2025 | above the law
As the current administration flirts with weaponizing the government under the guise of de-weaponizing the government, consider how easy it is for powerful institutions to wreck havoc. There are a lot of ways for the powerful to hurt someone. Generally speaking,...
by RG | May 27, 2025 | above the law
One of the challenges that comes with teaching high school students is classroom management. Imagine a student falls asleep while you’re trying to wow them with your wisdom about career choices. How do you handle it? Do you: a) Let them catch some Zs and check in on...
by RG | May 27, 2025 | above the law
Just over a year ago on these pages, I continued our look at the patent franchises protecting the defining drugs of our time, Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly’s diabetes/weight-loss blockbusters, Ozembic/Wegovy and Mounjaro/Zepbound. As you can imagine with drugs of such...
by RG | May 27, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)This will come as a shock, but the White House can’t just arbitrarily punish law firms for disagreeing with the president. Feel free to pass this message along to Paul Weiss and the crowd. Fresh off the retaliatory order...
by RG | May 27, 2025 | above the law
In Season 9, Episode 3 of Notes to My (Legal) Self, I had the pleasure of speaking with Sam Moore, Senior Director of Innovation at SkillBurst Interactive (acquired by BARBRI). Sam’s mission is clear: to help attorneys bridge the gap between technology and practice....
by RG | May 27, 2025 | above the law
Last week I did something I never imagined I would. I went to a Federalist Society event. The New York chapter held an event on The Law Firm Executive Orders: Law, Process, and Controversy, something I’ve spent a fair amount of time covering. The law firms challenging...