Jul 15, 2026 from Above the Law Selling Out To Trump Doesn’t Get You Much Anymore — See Also Turns Out The Biglaw Firms That Bent The Knee To Trump Have Even More To Rue: Those deals keep looking worse and worse. Todd Blanche Used To Have The Respect Of His Former SDNY Colleagues: Not so m...
Jul 15, 2026 from Above the Law Yes, Even Celebrities Have To Pay Their Attorneys No matter what the president does... The post Yes, Even Celebrities Have To Pay Their Attorneys appeared first on Above the Law.
Jul 15, 2026 from Above the Law I Don’t Think Trump’s Remaining Supporters Realize How Much They Are Despised By Non-MAGA Voters Trump is bleeding support even among his stubborn, uneducated base. The post I Don’t Think Trump’s Remaining Supporters Realize How Much They Are Despised By Non-MAGA Voters appeared first on Above...
Jul 15, 2026 from Above the Law AALL 2026: Focusing On The Aloha It’s good to pay attention to what AALL is focused on. That’s why this year’s theme was eye-catching. The post AALL 2026: Focusing On The Aloha appeared first on Above the Law.
Jul 15, 2026 from Above the Law Paging Dr. Freud: Todd Blanche Calls Himself Trump’s Lawyer At His Attorney General Confirmation Hearing 'I'm his lawyer — was his lawyer.' Sure, Todd. The post Paging Dr. Freud: Todd Blanche Calls Himself Trump’s Lawyer At His Attorney General Confirmation Hearing appeared first on Above the Law.
Jul 15, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Seeming Likely En Banc Call in Florida University Professor Speech Restrictions Case I wrote about the opinion July 7, when it was issued (see below). Just now, I saw the court issued… The post Seeming Likely En Banc Call in Florida University Professor Speech Restrictions Case app...
Jul 15, 2026 from Above the Law Kentucky Law Professor Sues To Stop New Dean And Every Federal Judge Already Recused Soon-to-be UK Law dean Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove got sued in his own old courthouse. The post Kentucky Law Professor Sues To Stop New Dean And Every Federal Judge Already Recused appeared first o...
Jul 15, 2026 from Above the Law Another Rumored Biglaw Merger Falls Apart Before It Begins A reported Linklaters-Cleary Gottlieb courtship fizzled quickly, if it ever existed at all. The post Another Rumored Biglaw Merger Falls Apart Before It Begins appeared first on Above the Law.
Jul 15, 2026 from Above the Law Collateral Damage Across The Legal Industry From firms to law schools, innocent bystanders take heat. The post Collateral Damage Across The Legal Industry appeared first on Above the Law.
Jul 15, 2026 from Above the Law The ‘Explosive Diarrhea’ Bug Was This SCOTUS Lawyer’s Most Unpleasant Argument Yet After a miserable bout with cyclosporiasis, Chase Strangio is sounding the alarm on food safety. The post The ‘Explosive Diarrhea’ Bug Was This SCOTUS Lawyer’s Most Unpleasant Argument Yet appeared...
Jul 15, 2026 from Above the Law Todd Blanche’s Former SDNY Colleagues Vouched For Him Last Year. They Won’t Make That Mistake Again. Eighteen months of tearing down the rule of law has a way of changing minds. The post Todd Blanche’s Former SDNY Colleagues Vouched For Him Last Year. They Won’t Make That Mistake Again. appeared f...
Jul 15, 2026 from Above the Law Scam Or Speculation: The Legal Questions Behind Trump’s Crypto Empire Not everyone who invested in the Trump-branded coins did as well as Trump did... The post Scam Or Speculation: The Legal Questions Behind Trump’s Crypto Empire appeared first on Above the Law.
Jul 15, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy What Has Heller Wrought In 18 Years? "In nearly two decades, very little about the practical right to keep and bear arms has changed."
Jul 15, 2026 from Above the Law Trump Turns On Capitulating Biglaw Firms HAHAHAHAHA Turns out selling out the rule of law doesn't come with a warranty. The post Trump Turns On Capitulating Biglaw Firms HAHAHAHAHA appeared first on Above the Law.
Jul 15, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy "There Is No Material Dispute That Tom Brady Is the GOAT" It's judicial precedent now, from Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan (W.D. Pa.) in yesterday's Multiple Energy Tech., LLC v. Under Armour,… The post "There Is No Material Dispute That Tom Brady Is the GOAT" ...
Jul 15, 2026 from Above the Law Nearly 200 Organizations Back Bill To Expand Access To Clinical Trials Nearly 200 healthcare and patient advocacy organizations endorsed the bipartisan Clinical Trial Modernization Act, which seeks to reduce financial barriers and expand access to clinical trials for ...
Jul 15, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Utah's New Rule Allowing Propensity Evidence in Sexual Assault Prosecutions While propensity evidence is generally inadmissible in criminal cases, an exception for sexual assault cases is both common practice and good public policy.
Jul 15, 2026 from Above the Law Morning Docket: 07.15.26 * The DOJ subpoenas the Biglaw firms who surrendered to the Trump administration. It's almost as though cutting a deal with a bad faith actor was bound to cause trouble. [New York Times] * Todd Bla...
Jul 15, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Federal Judge in Texas Not Wild About Fifth Circuit's Recent Precedent "[T]he Fifth Circuit ... discerned that pedanticism ought to be favored over practical wisdom."
Jul 15, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Ban on "Personal, Impertinent or Slanderous Remarks" in City Council Public Comments Is Unconstitutional So the Fifth Circuit held a few weeks ago.
