by RG | Mar 12, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by Jonathan Ernst-Pool/Getty Images)Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I wouldn’t characterize his appointment of her as being a DEI hire. She’s so well credentialed, she’s so demonstrably conservative in her outlook on the role of the...
by RG | Mar 12, 2025 | above the law
On Friday afternoon at SXSW, Meredith Whittaker, CEO of Signal, painted a sobering and downright alarming picture of the modern privacy landscape. Whittaker argued that the world today is more surveilled than ever before, with a handful of corporations and governments...
by RG | Mar 12, 2025 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Leopard Solutions’ State of the Industry whitepaper analyzing the 2024 legal industry, partnership promotion timelines have increased by how much since 2012? Hint:And of note, for...
by RG | Mar 12, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Last November, I warned that President Donald Trump, once he took office, would make changes to the student loan program that would either increase monthly payments or make it more difficult to obtain loan forgiveness. On Friday, he...
by RG | Mar 12, 2025 | above the law
Yesterday, Perkins Coie filed a lawsuit to “to declare the [Executive Order targeting the firm] unlawful and to enjoin its implementation.” Today, Judge Beryl Howell held a held an hour-and-a-half-long hour hearing on the firm’s request for a Temporary Restraining...
by RG | Mar 12, 2025 | above the law
“Eagle” Ed Martin strikes again! The Interim US Attorney for DC is really getting the hang of this whole prosecutor thing. Apparently it involves taking tips from internet randos, then sending nasty letters demanding that liberals explain themselves RIGHT NOW, MISTER!...