by RG | Jul 16, 2025 | above the law
You have the right to remain silent, Alan Dershowitz. No one is making you run to the Wall Street Journal and remind us again that you are up to your underpants — which you never took off! — in the Jeffrey Epstein mess. Four years ago, when Dersh was a sprightly...
by RG | Jul 16, 2025 | above the law
Biglaw summer associate let go after biting upwards of 15 people at the firm. Now that sounds crazy, but that’s because it is. We also discuss a lawyer’s biting response to a demand letter. A lot of the professional decorum advocates objected to the tone, but at a...
by RG | Jul 16, 2025 | above the law
The romance between Texas bankruptcy judge David R. Jones and Biglaw partner Elizabeth Freeman has birthed some intense controversy that remains ongoing. See, Jones, the (now former) federal bankruptcy judge, somehow didn’t recuse himself from cases involving Freeman,...
by RG | Jul 16, 2025 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by the National Law Journal for its NLJ 500 ranking, which firm on the list has the highest starting salary for associates? Hint: While most of Biglaw has coalesced at the...
by RG | Jul 15, 2025 | above the law
No matter what becomes of these claims, it’s been a rough year for Akerman LLP. It’s only July and the firm has a strong lead in the “Most Cases Against Its Own Clients” race. A couple months ago, the firm went to court seeking unpaid fees from some medical companies...
by RG | Jul 15, 2025 | above the law
Last night, the Supreme Court authorized the Trump administration to dismantle the Education Department, using the shadow docket to block efforts to temporarily halt the action. When the dust settles, the administration should lose, but by then all that will be left...
