by RG | Apr 27, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup, here. Welcome to what captivates, haunts, inspires, and surprises me every week in the world of legal ethics. Happy Monday! Last week I...
by RG | Apr 27, 2026 | above the law
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by RG | Apr 27, 2026 | above the law
* Public confidence in the Supreme Court falls, which is significant because it didn’t seem like it could go lower. [ABA Journal] * Losing key appellate lawyers unlikely to impact firm profits. [American Lawyer] * DOJ asks plaintiffs to drop the ballroom construction...
by RG | Apr 26, 2026 | above the law
There’s a lot of nuance to the practice of criminal law, but all those fuzzy, creative, ingenious aspects rest atop a straightforward foundation. A lot goes down over the course of a prosecution, but from jump, the government takes the elements of a crime and engages...
by RG | Apr 26, 2026 | above the law
The Streisand Effect Finds Its Spirit Animal: The Atlantic published an article based on multiple insider accounts of Kash Patel’s drinking prompting the FBI Director to promise swift legal retaliation. He made good on that pledge with a flimsy $250 million defamation...
by RG | Apr 24, 2026 | above the law
Well, readers, the Paul, Weiss litigation exodus just claimed a major name. Kannon Shanmugam — one of the most prominent Supreme Court litigators in private practice, a man who has argued 39 cases before the High Court — is leaving Paul, Weiss for Davis Polk &...
