by HolAdmin | Feb 3, 2026 | American Legal News
We’ve known for a while that Biglaw firm Paul, Weiss and its chair Brad Karp appear in the Epstein files. The firm represents Apollo and its CEO Leon Black who worked extensively with Jeffrey Epstein. Black and Epstein had a fee dispute, and Paul, Weiss was involved...
by HolAdmin | Feb 3, 2026 | American Legal News
Any litigation could be very expensive, and it also is not a good look to be sued by the FTC, if you’re a law firm and you do a lot of business representing people in front of the FTC. There are real costs to these law firms for not going along. In other words, it’s a...
by HolAdmin | Feb 3, 2026 | American Legal News
Good products move fast. Great products move fast with the right lawyer at the table. Why Product Teams Need a Different Kind of Lawyer NowEvery in-house lawyer has felt the shift. Product cycles are shorter. Launch pressure is higher. AI is everywhere. Engineering...
by HolAdmin | Feb 3, 2026 | American Legal News
It’s easy to get disheartened watching the Trump administration losing these habeas cases and yet nothing actually changing. The government seems content to take its lumps at the margins while continuing to tear ass around the country. For Homeland Security, it’s a...
by HolAdmin | Feb 3, 2026 | American Legal News
This weekend Chad Mizelle, the (former?) chief of staff at the Justice Department, invited anyone with a bar card to hit him up on Twitter if they want to be a federal prosecutor. All you have to do is “support President Trump” and his “anti-crime agenda.” If you are...
by HolAdmin | Feb 3, 2026 | American Legal News
Judge Fred Biery of the Western District of Texas issued an order releasing five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father Adrian Conejo Arias from the Dilley Immigration Processing Center. Liam became a symbol of the human cost of the Trump administration’s occupying...
by HolAdmin | Feb 3, 2026 | American Legal News
Law school name changes can be a big deal. Donate to a prestigious school to get the name changed and you risk nobody taking it seriously. Sorry Penn Carey. If you really want to make the most of it, you’ve got to be there at the inception. When Serranus Clinton...
by HolAdmin | Feb 3, 2026 | American Legal News
A long-time client has asked Kinney to help identify a private equity/finance attorney to join as a partner in the firm’s lucrative group. No book required. The client is a top Am Law firm. The partner leading the charge is well-liked and admired by colleagues and...
by HolAdmin | Feb 3, 2026 | American Legal News
The Trump administration is trying to memory-hole slavery, and a federal judge is running out of patience with their shenanigans. At a hearing last week over the Trump administration’s decision to rip out materials discussing slavery at George Washington’s former...
by HolAdmin | Feb 3, 2026 | American Legal News
Ed. note: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup, here. Welcome to what captivates, haunts, inspires, and surprises me every week in the world of legal ethics. Hello First Monday!...
