by RG | Dec 5, 2025 | above the law
One of the small rituals of law firm life is that attorneys frequently send exit emails to the colleagues they leave behind on their last day of work. These emails are usually warm, funny, and help attorneys leave positive impressions that might serve them well as...
by RG | Dec 5, 2025 | above the law
* Supreme Court majority — without justification — allows Texas to gerrymander its maps. Now the work begins for the justices to figure out some way to simultaneously claim California’s maps aren’t legal. [NBC News] * Justice Department’s attempt to re-indict NY AG...
by RG | Dec 5, 2025 | above the law
Last week I wrote about how the US Patent and Trademark Office is pushing a rule change that would effectively neuter the inter partes review (IPR) system that reviews already granted patents to make sure they weren’t granted by mistake. Patent tolls and other abusers...
by RG | Dec 5, 2025 | above the law
Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing. “Tom Goldstein fights to sell home as tax trial looms”: David Thomas and...
by RG | Dec 5, 2025 | above the law
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by RG | Dec 4, 2025 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Beginning in 2026, which state will become the first to require attorneys to take an annual civility oath to “conduct themselves with dignity, courtesy, and integrity”? Hint: While this is the first...
