by RG | Feb 4, 2025 | above the law
Former Locke Lord partner, Mark Scott, was convicted in 2019 on federal conspiracy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy to launder money charges. Last year, Scott was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in the $400 million cryptocurrency scheme and was ordered...
by RG | Feb 4, 2025 | above the law
(Photographer: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg)Is it a sign of a healthy judiciary when the country’s largest professional association of lawyers has to formally vote on whether Supreme Court justices should follow basic ethical rules? Asking for an American in the year 2025....
by RG | Feb 4, 2025 | above the law
The post What Is OpenAI’s Powerful New Deep Research Tool Capable Of? I Use It To Analyze The Legality Of President Trump’s Pause Of Federal Grants appeared first on Above the Law.Over the weekend, OpenAI released Deep Research, an AI agent capable of completing...
by RG | Feb 4, 2025 | above the law
Congratulations to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, whose tweets made it into yet another legal filing yesterday. This is NOT a rescission of the federal funding freeze. It is simply a rescission of the OMB memo.Why? To end any confusion created by the...
by RG | Feb 4, 2025 | above the law
From left, Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., Ed Martin, and Jeffrey Clark, former Acting Assistant Attorney General. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)Conspiracy theorist-cum-interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin is having a ball with his newfound position. Back in...
by RG | Feb 4, 2025 | above the law
* Trump shuts down CFPB as part of make America pay hidden bank fees again. [NPR] * ABA says overturning wrongful convictions should be easier. [ABA Journal] * Berkshire Hathaway shifting work to new firm following death of Charlie Munger. [Barron’s] * Court keeps...
