by RG | Dec 19, 2025 | above the law
Biglaw firms have largely fallen in line with the prevailing market rate (i.e., the Cravath/Milbank scale for year-end and special bonuses) this cycle, with match announcements rolling in one after another as firms play it safe and stick to the script. One Biglaw firm...
by RG | Dec 19, 2025 | above the law
One of the signs you’ve begun thinking like a lawyer is when you happen upon a news story and reflexively think “That’s a lawsuit waiting to happen.” Case in point — Larry Bushart getting arrested and charged over a Trump meme. Thankfully, the long wait is over:...
by RG | Dec 19, 2025 | above the law
Proceeding under the name Jane Doe, a former associate at DLA Piper has filed suit alleging that Brian Biggs, then a partner at the firm, raped her and later escalated the violence by breaking into her home and strangling her. The complaint paints a grim picture of...
by RG | Dec 19, 2025 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. This is looking to be a brutal year for applicants and admissions outcomes [because schools] have more high-quality applicants. In the last several years medians for both LSAT and GPA have risen at almost all...
by RG | Dec 19, 2025 | above the law
I’ve said it roughly a zillion times: trademark bullying exists because it works. One of the unfortunate inequities of our system is that having a large legal warchest simply allows someone to push around others over trademark “concerns” that aren’t valid. The formula...
by RG | Dec 19, 2025 | above the law
* Trump orders looser restrictions on marijuana… immediately after passing harsher new laws on hemp. Certainly no dementia at work here. [Law360] * Lawyer for the Joint Chiefs advised that officers should retire rather than follow unlawful order. No word on whether he...
