by RG | Apr 22, 2026 | above the law
Tuesday was a big day for Kash Patel’s legal portfolio… just not in the direction he intended. As we noted earlier this week, the $250 million defamation complaint against The Atlantic filed by Patel and his lawyer Jesse Binnall was already straining credulity before...
by RG | Apr 22, 2026 | above the law
If you’ve ever laughed at a phrase like “Be honest with your therapist, but not so honest that you end up in the Grippy Sock Hotel,” this is the update you’ve been waiting for! Juggling the obligation to be forthright so you can get the assistance you need without...
by RG | Apr 22, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. She wasn’t working right away, and like many new grads, she had student debt and credit card debt from getting through school. Market rent in the Los Angeles area wasn’t realistic, even with a job offer lined...
by RG | Apr 22, 2026 | above the law
The 2026 Super Rich list has 37 firms clearing $1.45M RPL and $625K PPL thresholds after Am Law had to raise because last year’s bar was too easy. Then Kirkland proved what super rich really means by dropping a guaranteed $80M over three years to snatch a star lawyer...
by RG | Apr 22, 2026 | above the law
In its entire 250-year history, the United States of America has never suffered even a single year-to-year decline in population. Throughout the centuries, here, births and immigration have always outweighed deaths and emigration. While we slaughtered each other in...
by RG | Apr 22, 2026 | above the law
Legal teams today face a fundamental shift. In product-led companies, speed is everything — and traditional legal processes simply can’t keep up. In this week’s episode of UpLevel View, Betsy Cantrell (VP of Legal at HighLevel) shares how she transformed her legal...
