by RG | Aug 6, 2026 | above the law
Most lawyers I know have considered writing a book. They have an idea. They have experience. They have lessons they have learned through years of practicing law, managing clients, trying cases, building firms, developing business, or leading organizations. They have...
by RG | Aug 6, 2026 | above the law
NetDocuments recently announced its venture into the plaintiffs’ contingency fee lawyer’s market. That fact in and of itself is interesting. But how it got there is perhaps even more so and a good lesson. According to its press release, NetDocuments is now offering...
by RG | Aug 6, 2026 | above the law
My condolences go out to all examinees who suffered through the general bar exam last week and who encountered tsuris (Yiddish for grief); specifically in those states where meltdowns occurred. How about in Washington state, where the “NextGen” exam resulted in six...
by RG | Aug 6, 2026 | above the law
Cooley Law School has shed three-quarters of its full-time faculty. It’s still losing money. And it’s not just the former number 2 nationally ranked law school feeling the pinch. Professor Paul Campos has spent years chronicling law school financial shenanigans. In...
by RG | Aug 6, 2026 | above the law
Reed Smith pointed to the arbitration clause in its engagement letter hoping it could bump the civil RICO suit out of court. It did not. Bankruptcy Judge John P. Mastando III denied the firm’s motion to compel arbitration and its alternative motion to dismiss on...
by RG | Aug 6, 2026 | above the law
At Wednesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Senator Adam Schiff tried something different. Instead of asking Trump judicial nominee Gregory Carl Cook directly who won the 2020 election — a question that has produced the same scripted non-answer from every...
