by RG | Feb 25, 2026 | above the law
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by RG | Feb 25, 2026 | above the law
The Ninth Circuit just made clear, size isn’t everything. And pretending otherwise is just compensating for something else entirely. In a recent decision, the Ninth Circuit ruled — unanimously — that attorney’s fees awarded to successful plaintiffs cannot be...
by RG | Feb 25, 2026 | above the law
We haven’t yet heard all the horror stories of this bar exam cycle. But we do know that bar examiners in New York dropped a voicemail informing everyone that they’d be marked as withdrawn if they couldn’t overcome the travel challenges of 10,000 canceled flights and...
by RG | Feb 25, 2026 | above the law
If you thought the drama surrounding Judge Thomas L. Ludington (E.D. Michigan) had peaked with a super-drunk crash, a 0.27 BAC reading, and months of secrecy about the incident, think again. Yesterday, Fix the Court — a nonpartisan group that advocates for greater...
by RG | Feb 25, 2026 | above the law
For those in law school, environmental law isn’t some niche, tree-hugger elective you take to feel virtuous — it’s rapidly becoming one of the most consequential battlegrounds in the legal industry. From regulatory whiplash in Washington to high-stakes litigation over...
by RG | Feb 24, 2026 | above the law
If there was ever a cautionary tale about how not to handle the optics when a judge becomes a defendant in the very system they oversee, the latest episode involving Thomas Ludington, the federal judge accused of driving “super drunk,” checks all the boxes. The...
