by RG | Jun 15, 2026 | above the law
We all know that Biglaw firms in America did well in 2025, but what about their Biglaw counterparts across the pond in the United Kingdom? How did they fare when it came to their financial metrics last year? Thankfully, the latest edition of the UK Top 50 is out,...
by RG | Jun 15, 2026 | above the law
Internet search keeps getting worse, continuing the enshittification process that started feeding you a bunch of ads for fly-by-night alternatives to the one thing you want and now pushes the real, organic results even further down below AI sludge attempting to answer...
by RG | Jun 15, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. If the original Magic Circle was defined by prestige, complexity and pricing power, then London already has a new one. Kirkland & Ellis. Latham & Watkins. Paul Weiss. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett....
by RG | Jun 15, 2026 | above the law
The Trump “Anti-Weaponization Fund” — the $1.776 billion slush fund the DOJ announced in May without congressional authorization, to pay out Trump allies including January 6 rioters, administered by Trump’s personal lawyer turned Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche,...
by RG | Jun 15, 2026 | above the law
This weekend, two formerly lauded public institutions humiliated themselves in spectacular fashion. By Sunday, one was shrouded in thousands of yards of tarpaulin — a translucent prophylactic, hiding an old man’s flaccid defeat. The other dangled limply in the breeze,...
by RG | Jun 15, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup, here. Welcome to what captivates, haunts, inspires, and surprises me every week in the world of legal ethics. Happy Monday! Hello from...
