by RG | Mar 27, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)For those of us dinosaur lawyers or students of modern American history, that was how the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) grilled witnesses whom it suspected of possibly being, well, un-American during the witch...
by RG | Mar 27, 2025 | above the law
When states began to legalize the production and sale of weed, people were quick to try and make a quick buck off the blunts being passed around. 2020 was a big year for lawyers and their burgeoning cannabis practices. Between consumer demand and the legal ambiguities...
by RG | Mar 27, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by Brendan McDermid-Pool/Getty Images)With Skadden joining Paul Weiss in bowing to Donald Trump’s effort to silence Biglaw, the White House feels duly emboldened that they can bully lawyers into looking the other way when it comes to the rule of law. As firms...
by RG | Mar 27, 2025 | above the law
[Late night developments… Skadden caves to Trump threat and the White House targets WilmerHale] Trump Administration Insults Fail To Sway Judge: No falling in line! Law School Deans Denounce The Trump Administration: Three cheers for the rule of law! Fraud Comes With...
by RG | Mar 27, 2025 | above the law
In consultation with my therapist, I recently upped my Lexapro dosage. There is no trigger I can point to, but the increase in familiar feelings of hopelessness was there. Usually more intense in the morning, then dissipating into the early afternoon. Not immense...
by RG | Mar 27, 2025 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Politico has a piece from Clay Risen, author of , detailing the start of which current Am Law 50 firm that garnered a reputation in its early days for representing, usually pro bono, federal employees...
