by RG | Mar 4, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I think at all cost, he does not want to look like he has failed or been defeated. Maybe he was hoping this would fly below the radar and when it did not, he was not happy and changed his mind. [The swift...
by RG | Mar 4, 2026 | above the law
Loss of life and in memoriams honoring victims are somber occasions. Making sure that their memories aren’t used as fodder for bad taste political agendas is one way that they can be honored. ICE recently released an apparent in memoriam video dedicated to Americans...
by RG | Mar 4, 2026 | above the law
There are many ways to enter the U.S. legal market. You can merge. You can poach. You can lateral raid your way into Biglaw headlines. Or… you can open an office in Manhattan and repeatedly clarify that you absolutely, positively do not want to practice U.S. law....
by RG | Mar 4, 2026 | above the law
(via Getty Images)I just spent the past few days at the 2026 NALSC Annual Conference in New Orleans alongside more than 275 legal search consultants and Am Law 100 and 200 firm sponsors, the professionals at the center of how lawyers are evaluated, presented, and...
by RG | Mar 4, 2026 | above the law
Like that old saying, if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again, Democrats in Congress are taking a *fourth* shot at trying to get Kirkland & Ellis to be upfront about the firm’s deal with Donald Trump. At this point, it’s almost a tradition. Democrats ask...
by RG | Mar 4, 2026 | above the law
(Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)My cousin Evan grew up in Plymouth, Minnesota. We’d often go for a swim in Hidden Lake when my family came for a visit. Minnesota is almost as far as you can get from the ocean and still be in the United States. Even so, that...
