greed greedy lawyer partner money profit profits per partner* Private equity “rewriting the rules of legal practice” which is sure to turn out well because private equity has never hollowed out an industry to siphon off short-term profit and then left it for dead before. [American Lawyer]

* Flexible work from home policies work magic for Quinn Emanuel. [Fast Company]

* Baker’s daughter-in-law accused of murder after Christmas cake killed three. This is why Hallmark needs to stop romanticizing big city lawyers falling for small town bakers and show its deadly side. [People]

* DOJ tells Supreme Court to ignore Trump’s request to delay the upcoming TikTok ban since it didn’t even address the only issue before the Court. Crackerjack lawyering from the incoming Solicitor General! [NBC News]

* Beating a dead horse: latest legal effort to retrieve dead horse from landfill fails. [Legal Profession Blog]

* Blocked steel merger triggers lawsuits. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Happy January 6 to all the violent rioters about to be pardoned. [The Guardian]