by RG | Jul 15, 2026 | above the law
When Todd Blanche was nominated for Deputy Attorney General in January 2025, 116 lawyers who had served alongside him at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York signed a letter to Senate leaders calling him “a fundamentally good and decent...
by RG | Jul 15, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I’m sharing my story because I believe we all deserve access to clean water and clean food. Perhaps by sharing my painful experience with this summer’s enemy parasite No. 1, I can play some small part to...
by RG | Jul 15, 2026 | above the law
Everyone talks about conflicts and redundancies, but the saddest merger collateral damage is forcing legacy lawyers to go back through the last six months of their time. That’s what’s happening to the Cadwalader associates as their timekeeping system merges with Hogan...
by RG | Jul 15, 2026 | above the law
Remember when everyone thought the Allen & Overy/Shearman merger was a once-in-a-generation event? It was supposed to be a transatlantic Biglaw merger for the ages, but many law firm leaders viewed it as an invitation. Now, we’ve got HSF Kramer, Winston Taylor,...
by RG | Jul 15, 2026 | above the law
Todd Blanche has spent the better part of his confirmation hearing trying to convince the Senate Judiciary Committee that he is the Attorney General of the United States, not Donald Trump’s personal attorney. He is not making it easy on himself. During an exchange...
by RG | Jul 15, 2026 | above the law
The annual American Association of Law Librarians Conference (AALL) kicks off this week in Cleveland. I’m a regular attendee and fan of this conference. It’s low-key and attended mainly by law librarians. Law librarians from big firms, small firms, in-between firms,...
