by RG | Feb 27, 2025 | above the law
(Image via Getty)I haven’t written about my state bar for some time, figuring I would give it a break after the Tom Girardi FUBAR. (And give my editor a break as well.) However, I can’t resist writing about the California State Bar’s latest snafu: the February bar...
by RG | Feb 27, 2025 | above the law
If the DOJ thought they were going to intimidate Judge Ana Reyes by asking to speak to her manager, they seem to have seriously miscalculated. Last week, AG Pam Bondi’s chief of staff Chad Mizelle fired off a nastygram to Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan at the DC Circuit...
by RG | Feb 27, 2025 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I just don’t think other professionals get paid really anything like what lawyers are getting paid. Every year [the industry] gets stronger and bigger and more profitable, but can you keep doing that forever? I...
by RG | Feb 27, 2025 | above the law
Good morning. As some of you may be aware, last night President Trump signed an Executive Order designating Above the Law as a new agency to stamp out waste in the legal industry. Our new designation, the Bureau of Inefficient Legal Levies or BILL, will act along with...
by RG | Feb 27, 2025 | above the law
The federal judiciary — which employs more than 30,000 people, including several thousand judicial law clerks — is the most dangerous white-collar workplace in America. The toxic combination of pervasive harassment; lack of outside, impartial oversight; and dearth of...
by RG | Feb 27, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by Ted Eytan / Flickr)Marriage equality enjoys widespread support in the United States — the latest Gallup poll puts support of the right at 69 percent. But that doesn’t mean shit to the the Supreme Court. The conservative majority on the Court is gunning...
