by RG | Jun 24, 2026 | above the law
Another week, another tech company decides that lawyers represent a market worth conquering. This time it’s Perplexity, the AI outfit that made its name with web search, delivering actually useful output that no longer requires scrolling down through six irrelevant...
by RG | Jun 24, 2026 | above the law
Thomson Reuters Monday announced what it is calling “a complete rebuild” of its CoCounsel AI tool. But more than that, it marked what President of Legal Professionals Business Ragunath Ramanathan, labeled in his presentation as a pivot to fiduciary-grade AI products....
by RG | Jun 24, 2026 | above the law
Donald Trump spent millions and millions in taxpayer dollars on a no-bid contract to paint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool blue. Based upon his contemporaneous public statements, Trump believed this would make the Reflecting Pool a more aesthetically pleasing...
by RG | Jun 24, 2026 | above the law
What this illustrates is that boutique firms aren’t constrained by legacy cost structures — they can price their expertise at a premium and direct more of that revenue back to the people doing the work. When a spinoff outpays its parent, it’s usually a sign that the...
by RG | Jun 24, 2026 | above the law
All the news that’s fit to print agrees that Todd Blanche isn’t fit to head the Department of Justice. Something about the whole transforming the DOJ into a weaponized arm of Donald Trump’s political grievances thing. The Supreme Court dodged the ongoing Judge Pauline...
by RG | Jun 24, 2026 | above the law
Without asking anyone who knew what they were doing, or getting permission from Congress for spending tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer money on it, President Donald Trump decided to award no-bid contracts to some of his cronies to drain and resurface the...
