by RG | Apr 10, 2026 | above the law
In 2002, MCI Worldcom was charged with the largest accounting fraud in U.S. history. They capitalized regular operating expenses, making it appear as if they were allocating more toward future business investments when they were not. The financials reported to...
by RG | Apr 10, 2026 | above the law
Attorneys often need to communicate with multiple members of a client’s team in order to adequately represent a client’s interests. This can sometimes include team members who have different interests from each other, and this may inject lawyers into the office...
by RG | Apr 10, 2026 | above the law
Vault recently released its closely watched rankings of the nation’s 100 most prestigious law firms. It was there that we learned Cravath has held onto its title as the most prestigious firm in America for more than a decade, and that the top firms saw some...
by RG | Apr 10, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. If you mean bridges—convince them that they’re wrong—I dissent so much. I’m not very successful. — Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in a somewhat defeated response to a question from a law student at the University of...
by RG | Apr 10, 2026 | above the law
“You must learn to master the dangerous hallucination machine to do good in the world” sounds like an opening line from a Young Adults novel about the folly of rapid technological advancement. It also summarizes a Supreme Court justice’s advice to law students on...
by RG | Apr 10, 2026 | above the law
When it comes to building a litigation career, Biglaw has long been sold as the default path, the place where ambitious associates go to cut their teeth before maybe, someday, seeing the inside of a courtroom. But take a closer look, and you’ll see boutique litigation...
