by RG | Sep 4, 2026 | above the law
One thing I learned as a trial lawyer, sometimes the hard way, is that trusting your gut instinct is not the same as relying on data. That’s why in later years I became such an advocate of data-based litigation analytics. Data has the unpleasant way of separating what...
by RG | Sep 4, 2026 | above the law
To quote the opening line from the court opinion that this post is based upon, “Millions of American teenagers have sex.” This post is has nothing to do with whether that sort of thing is good or bad, natural or otherwise, nor the moral implications of it all....
by RG | Sep 4, 2026 | above the law
* Skadden and Kirkland fined $2 million after judge deemed firms engaged in “a widespread, long-running cover-up.” [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] * Clients of Pogust Goodhead and Quinn Emanuel say they’re dropping their firms, but the firms argue that they can’t be...
by RG | Sep 3, 2026 | above the law
Private equity circles the legal profession like a vulture. Even elite law firms are reportedly taking meetings and while none of them appear ready to hand the keys over to private equity yet, the fact that they’re even taking meetings means the idea cleared the first...
by RG | Sep 3, 2026 | above the law
The NCAA has suffered a lot of self-inflicted legal injuries over the years, but the entity decided it couldn’t sustain the revelation that its lawyers from Holland & Knight — man, two Holland & Knight stories in one day! — were privately dissing the judge and...
by RG | Sep 3, 2026 | above the law
New Report Begs Lawyers To Defend Judges — Ask The Florida Bar How That’s Going: A new study wants the profession to step up for a judiciary under siege, a nice idea, if the bar could be bothered. You Want To Do What Now?: There are a lot of arguments for private...
