Change Change Change – See Generally – Above the Law
But
If
We
Changed
The
Rules…:
Department
of
Justice
proposes
new
rule
that
allows
Pam
Bondi
to
decide
if
any
of
her
lawyers
violated
state
ethics
rules.
This
should
work
out
great!
Trump
Over
Grades:
Law
school
tells
students
that
prestigious
jobs
are
open
if
they’re
loyal
to
Trump,
and
that
GPA
isn’t
much
of
a
factor.
Bye
Bye
Piece
Of
The
Equity
Pie:
Arnold
&
Porter
creates
income
tier.
What
If
We
Just
Get
Rid
Of
The
Author?:
Federal
Circuit
dissents
drop
once
they
invent
a
new
exception
to
life
tenure
to
get
rid
of
Judge
Newman.
DOJ
Gives
Up
Unconstitutional
Nonsense
Case…
OR
DO
THEY?!?:
Trump’s
attempt
to
ruin
Biglaw
firms
who
wouldn’t
pay
him
off
dies
a
quiet
death
in
court.
Then,
within
24
hours,
the
DOJ
tells
the
court
that
it’s
reversing
itself
and
would
like
to
continue
illegally
harassing
law
firms.
Speaking
Of
Reversals:
The
Florida
Bar
opened
an
investigation
into
ethically
challenged
government
lawyer
Lindsey
Halligan.
And
then
immediately
announced
that
it
didn’t
know
anything
about
that.
AI
Could
Mess
Up
The
Outside
Counsel
Relationship:
This
tech
may
not
replace
lawyers,
but
it
might
replace
which
lawyers
do
the
work.
VP Chiwenga pushes explosives production drive as mining demand surges
Speaking
after
touring
key
chemical
and
manufacturing
companies
in
Kwekwe
yesterday
including
Intrachem,
Sable
Chemicals,
Global
Union
Alloy
and
Zimchem,
VP
Chiwenga
said
the
country
must
urgently
scale
up
domestic
explosives
production
to
support
the
mining
industry.
“We
visited
Intrachem,
a
company
that
is
making
explosives
specifically
for
the
mining
industry.
The
mining
sector
is
growing
rapidly
and
to
extract
the
minerals
underground
requires
a
lot
of
explosives,”
he
said.
Zimbabwe’s
mining
industry
has
expanded
significantly
in
recent
years
as
Government
pushes
to
maximise
the
country’s
mineral
resources,
which
Vice
President
Chiwenga
described
as
a
key
pillar
of
the
economy.
“When
I
first
visited
the
Midlands,
I
said
there
are
three
major
areas
that
anchor
our
economy
—
mining,
agriculture
and
tourism.
Mining
is
a
God-given
resource
and
it
is
growing
very
fast,”
he
said.
However,
the
Vice
President
said
local
explosives
production
has
lagged
behind
demand,
forcing
the
country
to
rely
heavily
on
imports.
“We
have
been
importing
these
explosives
because
what
we
were
producing
locally
was
not
sufficient.
Even
now,
after
seeing
the
facilities
and
hearing
the
briefings
from
management,
we
are
still
far
behind
where
we
need
to
be,”
the
Vice
President
said.
Despite
the
gap,
Chiwenga
expressed
optimism
after
observing
developments
at
Intrachem,
praising
the
company’s
technical
team
for
efforts
to
expand
capacity.
“I
was
quite
amazed
to
see
the
development
by
the
young
team
there,”
he
said.
He
said
the
way
forward
lies
in
stronger
partnerships
between
industry
and
academic
institutions
to
drive
innovation
and
product
development.
“We
have
encouraged
them
to
work
hand
in
glove
with
technical
institutions
such
as
Kwekwe
Polytechnic
and
Midlands
State
University
in
developing
explosives
that
can
address
different
conditions,”
VP
Chiwenga
said.
According
to
the
Vice
President,
increased
collaboration
between
companies
such
as
Intrachem
and
Sable
Chemicals
could
significantly
accelerate
the
growth
of
the
explosives
manufacturing
sector.
“With
Sable
Chemicals
coming
on
board
from
the
end
of
April,
we
see
this
industry
growing
very
fast.
The
two
companies
will
work
hand
in
glove,
together
with
other
Government
departments,”
he
said.
He
added
that
the
Ministry
of
Higher
and
Tertiary
Education
would
play
a
critical
role
in
research
and
development
aimed
at
strengthening
local
explosives
manufacturing
capacity.
“The
Ministry
of
Higher
and
Tertiary
Education
will
play
a
major
role
in
the
development
of
our
explosives
industry,”
said
VP
Chiwenga.
The
Vice
President
said
the
long-term
goal
is
to
eliminate
imports
and
ensure
Zimbabwe
produces
enough
explosives
to
fully
support
its
mining
sector.
“Once
these
plans
are
implemented,
we
will
stop
importing
explosives,”
he
said.
Industry
analysts
say
boosting
local
explosives
production
could
lower
mining
costs,
improve
supply
reliability
and
strengthen
value
chains
in
Zimbabwe’s
resource-driven
economy.
Post
published
in:
Business
Zimbabwe is fast descending into a constitutional crisis – Opposition
That’s
the
stern
warning
from
opposition
leader
and
constitutionalist
Professor
Lovemore
Madhuku.
He
says
the
military
and
police
are
now
beholden
to
the
President
as
they
were
under
Robert
Mugabe.
Madhuku
and
17
members
of
his
party
were
beaten
up
inside
a
private
office
while
holding
a
meeting.
There’s
been
a
crackdown
on
dissidents
since
the
decision
to
extend
President
Emmerson
Mnangagwa’s
rule.
Madhuku
and
other
members
of
his
party
were
meeting
behind
closed
doors
on
private
property.
They
were
discussing
ways
to
block
a
bill
in
parliament
to
extend
Mnangagwa’s
rule.
During
the
meeting,
men
burst
in
and
assaulted
the
members
of
the
National
Constitutional
Assembly.
They
are
almost
certain
that
the
intruders
were
state
spy
agents.
“Its
a
breakdown
of
constitutional
order
in
the
country.
And
that
breakdown
of
constitutional
order
in
the
country
is
being
engineered
by
the
ruling
party.
The
breakdown
comes
in
the
sense
that
there
are
no
state
institutions
that
can
function
anymore.
The
police
is
not
functioning
like
a
police
force
for
the
state.
“The
army
is
not
functioning
like
an
army
for
the
state.
These
are
all
institutions
that
have
become
institutions
of
a
party.
Once
you
become
an
institution
of
a
party,
you
have
become
institution
of
a
person
because
Zanu
PF
is
nothing
but
an
institution
held
by
whoever
is
the
leader
at
the
time.
Remember
during
the
time
former
President
Robert
Mugabe
it
was
one
center
of
power,”
Madhuku
said.
But
Zanu
PF’s
Director
if
Information,
Farai
Mrapira,
said
Mnangagwa
is
well
loved
and
that
the
opposition
is
spreading
fake
news.
“I
think
that
is
just
grandstanding
by
people
who
know
that
they
have
no
actually
constituency
in
which
to
stop
this
Mnangagwa
rule
extension
because
this
is
something
that
came
from
the
people.
They
know
that
people
are
not
with
them.
So
their
only
recourse
is
to
create
false
narratives
and
create
false
allegations
and
try
to
come
up
with
serious
issues.
Otherwise
this
is
just
political
conjecture
which
there
are
engaging
in
and
attention
seeking.
“People
need
to
understand
that
Zanu
PF
is
the
only
game
in
town
and
for
anyone
else
to
have
relevance
they
have
to
be
talking
to
or
about
Zanu
PF
and
this
is
essential
what
these
dead
weights
are
trying
to
do
.There
are
trying
to
find
political
relevance
attaching
their
names
to
Zanu
PF.”
Mnangagwa’s
two-term
rule
ends
in
2028,
but
if
the
bill
becomes
law,
it
will
be
extended
by
two
years
to
2030.
High Court halts EMA crackdown on Arcturus Mine, judge warns of ‘catastrophic consequences’
Mine
owner,
Tawanda
Nyambirai
In
a
judgment
delivered
in
Harare
on
25
February
2026,
Justice
Maxwell
Takuva
ruled
that
the
actions
taken
by
an
EMA
inspector
threatened
the
structural
stability
of
the
mine’s
Ceylone
Open
Pit
and
the
viability
of
its
production,
saying
the
consequences
of
inaction
would
be
“immediate
and
potentially
irreversible.”
The
dispute
stems
from
a
26
September
2025
inspection
during
which
Miriam
Katupa
issued
a
stop
order
and
penalty
against
the
mining
company,
alleging
that
it
was
unlawfully
discharging
water
into
a
natural
waterway
during
de-watering
operations.
The
company
insisted
the
water
was
clean
underground
water
“comparable
to
borehole
water,”
noting
that
neighbouring
Jongwe
Farm
had
even
used
some
of
it
for
irrigation.
It
further
argued
that
its
Environmental
Impact
Assessment
Licence,
issued
in
2024
and
valid
until
July
2026,
authorised
its
ongoing
mining
activities.
Takuva
accepted
that
the
mine
had
shown
a
prima
facie
right
requiring
judicial
protection.
He
highlighted
that
the
stop
order
had
effectively
shut
down
the
company’s
principal
ore-producing
site,
which
contributes
about
70%
of
its
gold
ore.
“The
potential
accumulation
of
water
in
an
open
pit
mine,
with
the
attendant
risk
of
wall
collapse
and
operational
paralysis,
presents
consequences
that
are
immediate
and
potentially
irreversible,”
he
said,
adding
that
the
urgency
of
the
application
was
neither
self-created
nor
exaggerated.
The
court
dismissed
arguments
that
TN
Gold
should
first
exhaust
internal
remedies
before
approaching
the
High
Court.
Takuva
noted
that
although
the
company
had
already
filed
an
appeal
with
the
EMA
Director
General’s
Office,
the
Environmental
Management
Act
provides
no
mechanism
for
suspending
enforcement
orders
pending
an
appeal
and
no
timeframe
for
deciding
those
appeals.
“In
circumstances
where
internal
remedies
cannot
provide
the
interim
protection
sought
and
could
result
in
irreparable
harm
if
awaited,
the
doctrine
of
exhaustion
does
not
bar
the
Applicant,”
he
wrote.
Weighing
the
risks,
the
judge
found
that
the
balance
of
convenience
overwhelmingly
favoured
the
mining
company.
He
observed
that
allowing
operations
to
resume
would
not
hinder
EMA’s
regulatory
powers,
which
remained
fully
intact,
but
preventing
de-watering
could
inflict
catastrophic
damage
on
the
mine’s
infrastructure.
“The
prejudice
to
the
Applicant
outweighs
any
temporary
inconvenience
to
the
Respondents,”
he
ruled.
The
court,
therefore,
suspended
both
the
stop
order
and
the
penalty
pending
the
determination
of
the
company’s
appeal,
and
ordered
the
respondents
represented
by
Dube
Manikai
&
Hwacha
to
pay
costs.
TN
Gold,
represented
by
Mtetwa
&
Nyambirai,
is
now
permitted
to
resume
operations
at
Ceylone
Open
Pit
and
continue
de-watering.
The
High
Court
concluded
that
“the
interests
of
justice
require
that
the
status
quo
be
preserved
pending
determination
of
the
internal
appeal,”
a
ruling
likely
to
resonate
across
Zimbabwe’s
mining
sector
as
it
navigates
rising
regulatory
scrutiny.
Don’t Abolish the Zimbabwe Gender Commission
On
this
International
Women’s
Day,
Veritas
joins
the
global
community
in
honouring
the
resilience,
achievements
and
contributions
of
women
in
Zimbabwe
and
across
the
world.
The
2026
theme
is:
“Give
to
Gain”.
It
reminds
us
that
societies
flourish
when
they
give
women
the
space,
resources
and
respect
they
deserve
–
because
empowering
women
is
not
a
loss,
but
a
collective
gain.
This
message
carries
particular
weight
in
Zimbabwe,
where
women
and
girls
constitute
more
than
half
of
the
population
–
over
52
per
cent.
To
weaken
protections
for
women
is
therefore
to
weaken
protections
for
the
majority
of
our
citizens.
Hence
it
is
tragic
that
the
proposed
Constitutional
Amendment
(No.
3)
Bill
threatens
to
dismantle
the
Zimbabwe
Gender
Commission
[ZGC]
and
merge
its
functions
into
the
Zimbabwe
Human
Rights
Commission [ZHRC].
According
to
the
Bill’s
memorandum,
the
Human
Rights
Commission
is
mandated
to
protect
all
human
rights,
including
gender
rights,
so
the
amendment
will
remove
a
duplication
of
functions. This
may
sound
reasonable
on
the
surface,
but
when
one
delves
deeper
it
is
highly
unsatisfactory. The
ZGC
does
not
in
fact
duplicate
the
functions
of
the
ZHRC.
The amendment,
if
passed,
would
undermining
decades
of
progress
and
contradicts
the
spirit
of
“Give
to
Gain”.
Though
framed
as
“restructuring,”
the
amendment
will
fundamentally
alter
the
architecture
for
gender
equality,
erasing
hard-won
gains.
It
is
a
highly
retrogressive
step. It
will
result
in:
-
Loss
of
specialised
oversight: The
ZGC
was
created
as
a
dedicated
watchdog
for
gender
equality.
Its
abolition
will
dilute
focus,
forcing
gender
issues
to
compete
with
broader
human
rights
concerns. -
Less
Protection
for
women
and
girls: Survivors
of
gender-based
violence
and
discrimination
may
face
reduced
visibility
and
support,
leaving
them
more
vulnerable. -
Reduced
accountability
and
advocacy: The
ZGC
has
held
institutions
accountable
for
gender
mainstreaming.
Without
it,
gender-specific
monitoring
risks
being
sidelined. -
Conflict
with
international
obligations: Zimbabwe
risks
breaching
its
commitments
under
the
Convention
on
the
Elimination
of
all
forms
of
Discrimination
against
Women
[CEDAW] [link] and
the
Protocol
to
the
African
Charter
on
Human
and
Peoples’
Rights
[the
Maputo
Protocol] [link],
which
require
member
States
to
have
strong,
independent
gender-focused
institutions.
On
this
day,
we
affirm
that
to
give
women
strong,
independent
institutions
is
to
gain
a
more
just,
equitable,
and
prosperous
Zimbabwe.
True
progress
comes
not
from
dismantling
protections,
but
from
reinforcing
them.
We
call
on
Parliament,
civil
society,
and
all
citizens
to
resist
measures
that
will
silence
women’s
voices
and
weaken
their
protections.
Giving
women
an
institution
for
robust
oversight
and
accountability
is
not
optional
–
it
is
a
path
to
national
strength
and
democratic
integrity.
Let
us
stand
together
to
ensure
Zimbabwe’s
daughters,
sisters
and
mothers
are
not
left
behind.
When
we
give
to
women,
the
majority
of
our
nation,
we
gain
as
a
people.
Veritas
makes
every
effort
to
ensure
reliable
information,
but
cannot
take
legal
responsibility
for
information
supplied.
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published
in:
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The Government Does The Leaking Around Here – See Also – Above the Law
Two
Doxing
Systems:
Apparently
the
government
can
dox
anyone
with
no
consequences.
One
Hell
Of
An
Oopsie:
The
Florida
Bar
took
Lindsey
Halligan
to
task.
Until
they
didn’t?
Focused
On
Social
Justice?:
These
are
the
law
schools
to
keep
on
your
radar!
University
Of
Kentucky
Nabs
Their
New
Dean:
Who
better
than
a
federal
judge
alum!?
Mentorship
Matters:
Judges
should
take
more
law
students
under
their
wings.
The Legal Industry’s Embarrassing Gender Pay Gap – Above the Law
Ed.
Note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature
Trivia
Question
of
the
Day!
According
to
new
behavioral
data
from
JobLeads,
what
is
the
gender
pay
gap
in
the
legal
industry
(the
largest
disparity
tracked
in
the
recent
data)?
Hint:
Despite
women
making
up
the
majority
of
the
industry
(62%),
they
still
lag
behind
when
it
comes
to
pay.
See
the
answer
on
the
next
page.
Mount Sinai Drops Anthem Following Contract Dispute – MedCity News
Negotiations
between
Mount
Sinai
Health
System
and
Anthem
Blue
Cross
Blue
Shield
collapsed
this
week,
forcing
the
New
York-based
health
system’s
providers
and
services
out
of
Anthem’s
insurance
network.
The
dispute
stems
largely
from
disagreements
over
reimbursement
rates
and
contract
terms.
Anthem
has
said
Mount
Sinai
sought
steep
price
increases
and
changes
that
could
raise
insurance
premiums,
while
the
health
system
argues
the
payer
underpays
it
and
owes
more
than
$450
million
for
previously
delivered
care.
Mount
Sinai
operates
seven
hospital
campuses
and
employs
more
than
9,000
physicians.
This
breakdown
means
thousands
of
Anthem
members
in
New
York
will
now
face
higher
out-of-network
costs
or
need
to
switch
providers.
In
a
statement
sent
to
MedCity
News,
Mount
Sinai
said
it
had
to
make
the
decision
to
drop
Anthem
despite
its
“best
efforts”
to
resolve
the
situation.
“Over
the
past
several
months,
Mount
Sinai
engaged
in
repeated,
good-faith
efforts
to
reach
a
responsible
agreement
that
would
restore
in-network
access
to
our
patients.
Over
the
last
month,
we
made
meaningful
progress.
After
narrowing
economic
differences,
Anthem
refused
to
commit
to
contract
provisions
designed
to
protect
patients
from
excessive
denials,
delayed
determinations
and
prolonged
administrative
disputes.
Mount
Sinai
cannot
accept
terms
that
undermine
patient
care
or
destabilize
our
system,”
the
statement
read.
A
spokesperson
for
Elevance
Health,
Anthem’s
parent
company,
said
the
payer
“cannot
agree
to
changes
that
would
drastically
increase
costs
for
New
Yorkers.”
Elevance
is
the
second
largest
for-profit
health
insurance
company,
bringing
in
$197.6
billion
in
revenue
and
more
than
$5.7
billion
in
profit
last
year.
“We
reached
agreement
on
rates
of
payment
and
all
other
negotiating
terms
and
had
a
contract
ready
to
sign.
At
the
last
minute,
Mount
Sinai
refused
to
move
forward
unless
we
agreed
to
eliminate
basic
consumer
protections
that
help
make
sure
care
is
appropriate
and
patients
are
not
overcharged,”
the
spokesperson
stated.
The
debacle
shows
that
financial
pressures
on
both
providers
and
payers
are
making
contract
negotiations
more
contentious
and
public.
It
also
demonstrated
that
payers’
tolerance
for
rising
provider
costs
is
declining,
according
to
Navin
Nagiah,
CEO
of
Daffodil
Health,
an
AI
platform
for
health
plan
administration
and
claims
processing.
“Payers
are
under
pressure
on
multiple
fronts.
From
employers
on
rising
premiums,
from
CMS
on
tighter
MA
benchmarks
and
recent
RAF
adjustments,
and
from
providers
on
rising
arbitration
disputes
and
rate
escalation,”
he
explained.
Nagiah
added
that
contract
standoffs
won’t
solve
the
industry’s
underlying
cost
problems.
Instead,
he
argued
payers
and
providers
will
need
to
focus
on
deeper
cost-control
innovation,
like
reducing
administrative
middlemen
and
investing
in
better
technology.
Photo:
Andrii
Yalanskyi,
Getty
Images
More Judges Should Mentor Law Students – Above the Law
Law
students
can
learn
about
the
legal
profession
from
internships,
externships,
and
other
vocational
opportunities.
Numerous
law
students
intern
for
law
firms
either
during
the
school
year
or
during
the
summer,
and
this
is
a
great
way
for
law
students
to
learn
about
what
it
is
like
to
become
a
practicing
lawyer. Some
law
students
also
intern
for
judges
in
a
number
of
capacities,
and
some
judges
take
an
active
role
in
mentoring
law
students. This
can
be
an
enriching
experience
for
everyone
involved,
and
even
though
this
might
require
some
time
and
resources,
more
judges
should
consider
mentoring
law
students
and
providing
internship
opportunities.
Earlier
in
my
career,
I
attended
an
oral
argument,
and
when
I
got
to
court,
I
discovered
that
a
number
of
law
students
were
sitting
in
the
jury
box
observing
the
proceedings.
It
was
honestly
nice
to
have
an
audience,
and
the
presence
of
the
law
students
did
not
bother
me
or
my
adversary
at
all. After
each
of
the
cases
was
argued,
the
judge
and
the
law
students
would
retire
to
the
judge’s
chambers,
and
I
could
tell
that
they
were
all
discussing
the
matter,
and
the
judge
was
asking
questions
of
the
law
students
that
were
intended
to
increase
the
teaching
value
of
observing
oral
argument.
When
we
received
a
decision
from
the
court,
a
footnote
thanked
one
of
the
law
students
for
their
help
in
drafting
the
opinion. It
was
clear
to
me
that
one
of
the
law
students
who
observed
oral
argument
had
helped
draft
the
opinion,
or
perhaps
drafted
an
initial
opinion
for
the
court
that
was
then
reviewed
by
the
judge
before
the
decision
was
filed. Having
law
students
assist
in
drafting
opinions
for
matters
they
observe
might
help
courts
decide
more
matters
with
limited
resources,
and
it
also
helps
law
students
put
their
research
and
writing
skills
to
the
test.
When
I
was
in
law
school,
I
interned
for
a
judge
between
my
first
and
second
years
of
law
school. This
was
a
great
learning
experience
for
me
and
the
other
interns. Most
of
the
time,
I
got
to
sit
right
beside
the
judge
on
the
bench
while
he
oversaw
oral
arguments
and
trials. In
this
capacity,
I
observed
all
manner
of
applications
and
arguments,
and
this
was
my
first
taste
of
the
practical
side
of
practicing
law.
At
other
times
during
my
summer
internship
with
the
judge,
I
was
tasked
with
drafting
research
memorandums
on
various
topics
that
arose
during
cases
the
judge
was
overseeing.
It
was
better
to
research
and
draft
memoranda
related
to
real-life
situations
rather
than
the
fake
scenarios
we
handled
in
law
school
classes,
since
I
had
direct
access
to
real-life
facts
related
to
the
cases.
The
court
that
had
the
summer
internship
program
also
organized
educational
panels
for
all
of
the
summer
judicial
interns. In
some
instances,
we
observed
matters
that
were
not
typically
handled
by
the
judges
for
which
we
were
handling. At
other
times,
we
attended
sessions
led
by
judges
and
practitioners
about
various
topics
related
to
the
law. It
was
enriching
to
learn
more
about
the
law
from
practitioners
and
members
of
the
judicial
who
actually
dealt
with
real-life
case
rather
than
law
professors
who
had
not
deal
with
actual
legal
matters
in
years.
In
any
event,
law
school
interns
can
help
judges
with
judicial
tasks
if
they
are
trained
properly,
and
sometimes
it
is
simply
fun
and
enriching
to
have
fresh
blood
in
a
courthouse. As
a
result,
more
judges
should
take
an
active
role
in
mentoring
law
students
and
expanding
internship
opportunities
so
that
law
students
can
have
more
practical
experiences
with
the
judicial
process.
Jordan
Rothman
is
a
partner
of The
Rothman
Law
Firm,
a
full-service
New
York
and
New
Jersey
law
firm.
He
is
also
the
founder
of Student
Debt
Diaries,
a
website
discussing
how
he
paid
off
his
student
loans.
You
can
reach
Jordan
through
email
at jordan@rothman.law.
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