by RG | Nov 24, 2025 | above the law
Cravath may have been the first in Biglaw to announce their year-end bonuses, but they’re not the only compensation heavies! Spectators were waiting to what a comp leader, like Milbank, would do now that bonus season has officially arrived. You’ll recall Milbank led...
by RG | Nov 24, 2025 | above the law
Simpson Thacher is about to give their employees a reason to be thankful. After grossing $2,896,282,000 in 2024, the Biglaw firm is doing the right thing and sharing some of the profits to reward associates for their hard work. Here’s the scale: To everyone at Simpson...
by RG | Nov 24, 2025 | above the law
Former Hogan & Lovells partner turned White House attorney Ty Cobb is back to calling out Donald Trump. Sure, the current cable news circuit regular left the hallowed halls of Biglaw to join the first Trump administration, but he quickly left. Since then he — and...
by RG | Nov 24, 2025 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. The status quo is over. We can’t continue to have a summer program where we can look at people’s full first-year grades and then decide [if] we want to make them an offer to join us as a 2L. The question is, do...
by RG | Nov 24, 2025 | above the law
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 from Arizona. And...
