by HolAdmin | Nov 12, 2026 | American Legal News
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I hope they’ll cooperate. If they don’t, we’ll consider using all of the tools at our disposal, including subpoenas. — Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), in comments given to reporters, on what congressional...
by HolAdmin | Nov 12, 2026 | American Legal News
The American Civil Liberties Union has a rule about impeachment: it doesn’t take sides. On Monday, it sent every member of the House a letter about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth that got about as close to breaking that rule as you can without typing the words...
by HolAdmin | Nov 12, 2026 | American Legal News
Biglaw firms that struck pro bono payola deals with the Trump administration woke up last week to the prospect of two legislative chambers run by Democrats with a lot of questions about those deals. The same ranking members that firms have more or less blown off for...
by HolAdmin | Nov 12, 2026 | American Legal News
Weil Gotshal hasn’t even finished turning off the lights, and Biglaw is already looking around the room wondering which will be the next firm to go dark. Former Above the Law editor David Lat has a candidate. In a new post on his Substack, Original Jurisdiction, Lat...
by HolAdmin | Nov 11, 2026 | American Legal News
Rachel Maddow Wants Democrats To Impeach Todd Blanche Right After Pete Hegseth: Stephen Miller has a lawyer, and so, apparently, does Pete Hegseth. If Democrats take Maddow’s advice, the real question is who’s going to represent Todd Blanche. Top 20 Biglaw Firm...
by HolAdmin | Nov 11, 2026 | American Legal News
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Every lawyer knows what a “white-shoe firm” is — an old-line, prestigious, tradition-bound, Wall Street firm. But the label is literal: it comes from an actual piece of footwear. What shoe gave the...
