by RG | Nov 23, 2025 | above the law
Cravath Starts Bonus Season, Everyone Begin The Freakout: The firm kicked off the year-end festivities and peers began the scramble to match. Lindsey Halligan Sets New Low Score: Trump’s most loyal lawyer somehow managed to botch our already subterranean expectations....
by RG | Nov 22, 2025 | above the law
In this episode, I chat with Farid Yaghoubtil, founding partner of DTLA Law Group. Discover Farid’s journey from fleeing Iran to empowering the underrepresented through law. His passion for justice, client-focused approach, and the challenges of balancing ideals with...
by RG | Nov 22, 2025 | above the law
Ken Paxton’s bullshit lawsuit against the makers of Tylenol, built on Trump and RFK Jr.’s bullshit press conference in which they pretended that science says acetaminophen causes autism, is off to a predictably bad start. I had a bit of a laugh shortly after this turd...
by RG | Nov 22, 2025 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. There are a few very desirable people with these practices, and they say they’re getting a massive amount of calls right now. — Sabina Lippman, managing partner of legal recruiter CenterPeak, in comments given...
by RG | Nov 22, 2025 | above the law
Corporate counsel are increasingly looking beyond Biglaw to handle some of their matters, according to a recent Above the Law survey. In a survey of more than 500 in-house attorneys about their outside counsel, 80% of respondents said they regularly engage midsize or...
by RG | Nov 22, 2025 | above the law
Another Biglaw firm has joined the bonus train, and this time it’s Skadden! The top tier law firm reported $3,669,042,000 gross revenue in 2024 gross revenue and profits per equity partner of $6,049,000 according to the most recent Am Law 100. When you’re making that...
