by RG | Apr 24, 2025 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to analysis by leadership advisory firm Russell Reynolds Associates, how many Fortune 500 companies appointed a new General Counsel in 2024? Hint: Turnover in the GC position was at its...
by RG | Apr 24, 2025 | above the law
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by RG | Apr 24, 2025 | above the law
Is This A Judicial Opinion Or Freshman Philosophy Hour?: Next up, a hamburger contract breach that asks how many angels can dance on the head of a pin? Signs Before The Fall: Both Kirkland and Simpson lined Trump associated lobbyist’s pockets before they knelt....
by RG | Apr 23, 2025 | above the law
Rankings season is officially upon us, and this time around, even U.S. News & World Report has rolled out additional rankings on top of their influential law school rankings. Given that a legal education can land the average law school graduate in up to six...
by RG | Apr 23, 2025 | above the law
We’ve got key financial data from the top law firms and the takeaway is that it’s good to be a big firm. The Am Law 100 this year revealed that more and more firms have joined the super rich and things look bright for Biglaw. Unless someone triggers a global...
by RG | Apr 23, 2025 | above the law
It is pretty hard to get a judge off of a high-profile trial. It isn’t impossible — Young Thug managed to get Judge Glanville removed from his case — but that followed some extraordinary events. Barring something going extremely wrong, you’d be hard pressed to get a...