by RG | Mar 30, 2025 | above the law
Fallout From Skadden’s Capitulation: A principled “I QUIT” from an associate. Suddenly Skadden Associates Can’t Send Out Mass Emails: Not suspicious at all… Jenner & Block and WilmerHale Get Court Victories Against Trump: From a pair of GOP-appointed federal...
by RG | Mar 28, 2025 | above the law
Prior to the election, folks with common sense warned that Project 2025 was going to be Trump’s game plan. Damage-controlling right-wingers painted the associations as red herrings and Trump halfheartedly distanced himself from the game plan. But once he won the...
by RG | Mar 28, 2025 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to a U.S. Marshals Service annual report for 2024, “credible threats” to federal judges are up how much since 2019? Hint: As Miami-Dade Chief Circuit Court Judge Nushin G. Sayfie said,...
by RG | Mar 28, 2025 | above the law
Judge William PryorEd. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. All the chief justice did, I thought modestly and appropriately, was to point out the unbroken tradition in American history that we don’t impeach judges for decisions that are unpopular or...
by RG | Mar 28, 2025 | above the law
Look At That, Lawyers Willing To Mount A Legal Defense!: There’s still some fight in the industry! They Aren’t The Only Ones!: WilmerHale and Paul Clement prepare to do battle. Skadden Makes Paul Weiss Look Like They Got Off Easy: $100M pro bono payola. Calling Pam...
by RG | Mar 28, 2025 | above the law
(by Ralf Roletschek via Wikimedia)When Jenner & Block and WilmerHale filed their lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s retaliatory executive orders against them, they were initially assigned to Judge Beryl Howell on the grounds that the cases were...
