by RG | Apr 2, 2025 | above the law
Following the Paul Weiss surrender we discussed last week, Skadden preemptively followed suit agreeing to commit $100M in pro bono payola to the MAGA cause. Bringing to light some embarrassing email policies in the process. But other Biglaw firms showed a little more...
by RG | Apr 2, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I’m not casting aspersions, but most U.S. attorneys have served as assistant U.S. attorneys and held senior roles within those offices—that’s valuable experience. —...
by RG | Apr 2, 2025 | above the law
Milbank Is The Latest Biglaw Firm To Kneel To Trump: More pro bono payola. DLA Piper Has A Reason For Cracking Down On Diversity: It isn’t a good one, but it is there. Law School Applications Bump In Response To Trump’s 2nd Term: Shame there might not be the rule of...
by RG | Apr 1, 2025 | above the law
Last week, over 80 Harvard Law professors called out the Trump administration’s vendetta against Biglaw firms for violating the 6th Amendment and disregarding the rule of law. The recent crackdowns on dissent have also chilled the speech of international students....
by RG | Apr 1, 2025 | above the law
Try as it might, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith can’t seem to keep its name out of headlines that cast the firm in a negative light. In recent years, the firm suffered a defection en masse, when more than 100 attorneys left to join a (now defunct) boutique firm....
by RG | Apr 1, 2025 | above the law
For the last couple years, legal tech shows mostly involve vendors explaining how they’ve “slapped some AI on” their products and vaguely promising that some future iteration of AI will arrive to assist every step of the attorney workflow. But great leaps in...
