by RG | Jun 3, 2025 | above the law
Shelfware is a term used to describe software that sits unused “on the shelf,” collecting dust rather than driving demonstrable improvements in an organization. It often results when there’s a disconnect between expectations set pre-purchase and the reality of...
by RG | Jun 3, 2025 | above the law
Taking the bar exam sucks. Talking the California Bar sucks. Taking California’s February 2025 bar exam sucked so bad that anyone who sat through it should be able to add “Experimental Vacuum Test Subject” to the “Fun Fact” section of their resume. The State Bar has...
by RG | Jun 3, 2025 | above the law
Ed. note: Please welcome Vivia Chen back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, “The Ex-Careerist,” here. NOT FOR ONE MINUTE DID I BELIEVE Don Liu when he told me last year that he was going to hang it up and smell the flowers. I mean, this guy...
by RG | Jun 3, 2025 | above the law
Getty ImagesI recently had the privilege of moderating a webinar called “What GCs Want From Their Outside Counsel” with an impressive panel of chief legal officers: Danielle Sheer (Commvault), Rob Morvillo (Olo), and Vanessa Candela (Celonis). All three are sharp,...
by RG | Jun 3, 2025 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Donald Trump should realize that an independent judiciary is to his benefit too, because if it weren’t for Federalist Society judges, he would be in jail right now. [I]t was the Roberts Court that said former...
by RG | Jun 3, 2025 | above the law
For decades, the gravitational center of the U.S. Supreme Court could be pinpointed to a single seat. Justice Anthony Kennedy famously occupied that role—casting pivotal votes on same-sex marriage, affirmative action, campaign finance, and capital punishment. His...
