by RG | Feb 27, 2025 | above the law
We all knew that this administration of the California bar exam would be a disaster. We just didn’t know how bad it would get. The answer — as Clemenza put in The Godfather — pretty goddamn bad. The new test employing Kaplan questions and administered by Meazure...
by RG | Feb 27, 2025 | above the law
* Paul Weiss goes gangbusters, pushing PEP to $7.5M [American Lawyer] * Protest starting to form after Trump administration strips Covington lawyers of security clearances in retaliatory move. [New York Law Journal] * John Roberts places administrative stay on USAID...
by RG | Feb 27, 2025 | above the law
(Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)After Tony Buzbee withdrew an unknown woman’s sexual assault lawsuit against Jay-Z two weeks ago, the fog around Jay-Z’s name began to clear up. Can’t say the same for Buzbee though — accusing famous and wealthy...
by RG | Feb 26, 2025 | above the law
Alex Spiro (Photo by Marlena Sloss/Bloomberg via Getty Images)How much do you think it costs to hire one of the busiest, most “relentless” Biglaw partners in the game? If you guessed $2,000 an hour, you’d be wrong. You need to go even higher if you want to get...
by RG | Feb 26, 2025 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. The bar is constantly getting higher and higher to become an equity partner at a law firm, and I don’t see that changing. — Jeff Lowe, senior managing partner and market president for Washington, D.C.,...
by RG | Feb 26, 2025 | above the law
Recently, the Trump administration announced that massive layoffs were coming to the IRS. Right now, it is the middle of tax-filing season so the timing couldn’t be more awkward. According to various sources, up to 15,000 IRS employees will be targeted for termination...
