by RG | Apr 20, 2026 | above the law
The complaint is finally here, and it’s more or less exactly as loony as we expected. FBI Director Kashyap Patel has filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic and reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick over the April 17 article alleging excessive drinking and...
by RG | Apr 20, 2026 | above the law
For decades, weed has been the excuse legislators, prison companies, and police departments have used to put non-violent citizens to work in prison labor camps. As the “weed will make you an ax murderer” propaganda fell out of fashion, savvy capitalists knew better...
by RG | Apr 20, 2026 | above the law
The Alito retirement watch has some new data points this weekend, and they’re worth parsing carefully, because not all of them are saying quite the same thing. Let’s start with the most substantial: CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford, who has deep...
by RG | Apr 20, 2026 | above the law
Legal AI tools are usually sold as if lawyers are interchangeable. Same interface. Same prompts. Same outputs. The assumption is that if the technology works, everyone will benefit equally. That assumption is wrong, and it is one of the main reasons legal AI adoption...
by RG | Apr 19, 2026 | above the law
We Ran The Numbers So You Can Feel Worse: The annual taxonomy of which law firms successfully converted billable hours into generational wealth confirms that yes, some firms are very, very rich. That Trump Check Is NOT In The Mail: Trump owes over a million in unpaid...
by RG | Apr 17, 2026 | above the law
Lawyer Tells Attorneys They Will Burn In Hell: Don’t remember covering that in law school. A Lesson In Transferable Skills: Former adult movie actress passes the bar. Trump Allegiance And Owing Money Go Hand In Hand: Time for this Trump PAC to pay up! Do You Know The...
