by RG | Jul 31, 2026 | above the law
There’s been a bunch of news this week regarding Minnesota’s new law that purports to prohibit “nudification” technology, and the fact that xAI has sued to have the law blocked as unconstitutional. A few things need to be said upfront, because it’s very, very easy to...
by RG | Jul 31, 2026 | above the law
Americans for Equal Opportunity — the anti-DEI outfit run by board president Clegg Ivey — has filed a new charge with the EEOC against Sponsors for Educational Opportunity, the nonprofit behind the legal industry’s largest diversity pipeline program, along with 14 law...
by RG | Jul 31, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. These Washington examinees need an immediate pathway to licensure that protects them from any additional costs and harms—financial, professional and emotional—that this failed exam has caused. Emergency diploma...
by RG | Jul 31, 2026 | above the law
After a viral video caught a partner making out with an associate on a park bench, briefly thrusting Wachtell into the mainstream consciousness, we figured it would blow over quickly. But then Gibson Dunn moved forward with a splashy mass poaching event, adding the...
by RG | Jul 31, 2026 | above the law
Courtney Teasley, a criminal trial attorney turned certified business coach, author, and speaker, joins me to talk about the case that shaped her career: her own mother’s, overcharged as a drug seller instead of a user. Courtney traces how that experience, and a...
by RG | Jul 31, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing. “U.S. Revives Obscure Court in Bid to Deport Afghan Woman; The case is a...
