by RG | Jun 20, 2025 | above the law
Brazil’s Supreme Court appears close to ruling that social media companies should be liable for content hosted on their platforms—a move that appears to represent a significant departure from the country’s pioneering Marco Civil internet law. While this approach has...
by RG | Jun 20, 2025 | above the law
Many law students and lawyers alike have long dreamed of someday working in New York, the city that never sleeps (especially if they wind up as Biglaw associates). New York firms are regarded as the crown jewels of the legal profession, and it’s in New York where...
by RG | Jun 20, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)This morning, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in United States v. Skrmetti, upholding a Tennessee law banning medical care for transgender kids. While a law stepping between parents-doctors-and-kids on the basis of sex would seem a...
by RG | Jun 20, 2025 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. This case presents an easy question: whether SB1’s ban on certain medications, applicable only if used in a manner “inconsistent with . . . sex,” contains a sex classification. Because sex determines access to...
by RG | Jun 20, 2025 | above the law
* It’s that time of year to start wildly speculating about Supreme Court retirements. [ABA Journal] * A new decision strikes down medical privacy rules to give prosecutors more access to scour private abortion records. It will shock you not at all that this comes from...
by RG | Jun 18, 2025 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to the most recent Vault 100 prestige rankings, which Biglaw firm entered the Vault Top 10 this year for the first time ever? Hint: Notably, the Vault survey results closed before this firm...
