by RG | Feb 23, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. If they use AI to justify it, they won’t look as cruel when they make that many staff cuts. — Scott Love, president of legal industry recruiter The Attorney Search Group, in comments given to the New York Law...
by RG | Feb 23, 2026 | above the law
The ABA has been trying to slow Standard 206’s bleeding since the Court handed down SFFA v. Harvard. In short, the standard held that law schools had to take concrete actions showing a commitment to diversity by providing full opportunities to study the law and enter...
by RG | Feb 23, 2026 | above the law
If you listened to deal teams in 2025, you’d hear a familiar refrain: contracts are slowing everything down. Too much governance. Too many controls. Too much legal caution layered onto deals that just need to close. That story feels right. It’s also wrong. What...
by RG | Feb 23, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Olympic gold medalist Alysia Liu’s father, attorney Arthur Liu, is getting a lot of attention in the wake of his daughter’s athletic success. What law school, now known by another name, did he attend?...
by RG | Feb 23, 2026 | above the law
“I’ll Never Forget This” To “An Embarrassment” In A Year’s Time: Trump shamed the hell out of Republican justices that didn’t see it his way. Aileen Cannon Knows Better Than To Go Against Trump: Nothing say “checks and balances” like protecting the president! Law...
by RG | Feb 22, 2026 | above the law
SCOTUS Justices Spend 170 Pages Airing Office Drama: Supreme Court nukes Trump’s tariffs and treat us to all their petty grievances. Except for Thomas who just wrote some ramblings about the powers of the crown. Another Biglaw Firm Decides Two’s Company When It Comes...
