by RG | May 30, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by Apu Gomes/Getty Images)The destructive force that is DOGE still somehow manages to exist, despite it not being (depending on which claim is made and when) an official federal agency and/or overseen by anyone specifically identifiable as the head of DOGE....
by RG | May 30, 2025 | above the law
Elite London-based Biglaw firms — A&O Shearman, Clifford Chance, Freshfields, Linklaters, and Slaughter and May — have been referred to as members of the “Magic Circle” for about 25 years, but it seems that the magic has simply lost its luster over the years....
by RG | May 30, 2025 | 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. “What is the U.S. Court of International Trade, which halted Trump’s...
by RG | May 30, 2025 | above the law
During the first Trump administration, the White House just sat back and took it when the American Bar Association would point out that several of its judicial nominees were woefully unqualified. Aside from the occasional ghost hunter, the GOP-controlled Senate would,...
by RG | May 30, 2025 | above the law
Yusuf Zakir (photo courtesy of Davis Wright Tremaine)Our last Q&A with Davis Wright Tremaine’s Yusuf Zakir was centered on diversity, definitions, and preparing the defenses from oncoming attack. What is diversity and why is it important? Who benefits from...
by RG | May 30, 2025 | above the law
* Fewer than one-third of lawyers actually log off at all during the summer. While that sounds bleak, why would you vacation during the summer? That’s when they give you free rein to take 3 hour lunches! [American Lawyer] * Goodwin fires recruiting firm after its...
