by RG | Jul 13, 2026 | above the law
Yale Law School’s leaders are begging the university to stop playing footsie with fascism. Yale Law students agree. The dean and members of the faculty reportedly made behind-the-scenes overtures to university leaders to stop trying to negotiate with the Department of...
by RG | Jul 13, 2026 | above the law
Benchslapped By His Own Petard: Judge nixes Trump v. IRS settlement citing administration’s unitary executive nonsense. Todd Blanche Loses Lindsey Graham: Contentious confirmation hearing set to begin this week will have to go ahead without Lindsey Graham after the...
by RG | Jul 13, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which Biglaw firm recently launched its sports law practice, hiring Brandon Etheridge, the former general counsel for the Baltimore Ravens? Hint: “What I’ll be able to do is bring that insider...
by RG | Jul 13, 2026 | above the law
On Friday, a federal judge ordered MAGA weirdo Patrick Byrne to pay Hunter Biden $1.7 million in punitive damages, ending a deranged carnival of chaotic lawyering that lasted almost three years. The defamatory statement was relatively tame, at least when compared to...
by RG | Jul 13, 2026 | above the law
In 2022, Larry David broke a decades-long refusal to do ads and starred in an FTX Super Bowl spot as a time-traveling grouch who sneers at every advance in human history — the wheel, the fork, the toilet, democracy — before landing on a pitch for Sam Bankman-Fried’s...
by RG | Jul 13, 2026 | above the law
Prospective law students, current law students, and law school alumni have seen the historic 2026 edition of the U.S. News Law School Rankings, and they’re wondering what could possibly happen next. As a quick recap, Yale was kicked out of the top spot for the first...
