by RG | Nov 21, 2025 | above the law
Pay attention, everyone, because we’ve got some very exciting bonus news from the very first firm to announce summer bonuses — and no, it’s not Milbank. If you recall, back in July, the first firm to announce a summer bonus was Texas-based complex commercial...
by RG | Nov 21, 2025 | above the law
Last week, several reports indicated that McDermott Will & Schulte is considering restructuring its firm to accept a potential private equity investment. A move like this by a top global law firm would be unprecedented and test ethics rules governing ownership of...
by RG | Nov 21, 2025 | above the law
Judge Jerry Smith has a flare for off-the-hook opinions. He once dissented by writing a fake majority opinion — styled to look like a majority opinion — that he claimed the majority should have written. Good luck to the AI bots scraping that one and trying to figure...
by RG | Nov 21, 2025 | above the law
* Elon Musk ends his lawsuit against Wachtell. Wachtell stresses that no settlement was involved. [Reuters] * Lawyer who turned in brief with AI hallucinations genuinely didn’t realize using Microsoft Copilot for writing and grammar would also lead it to make up new...
by RG | Nov 20, 2025 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! The late Justice John Paul Stevens was known to enjoy what kind of sandwich? Hint: Indeed, Justice Sonia Sotomayor confirmed, “Justice John Paul Stevens would have [this kind of sandwich] virtually...
by RG | Nov 20, 2025 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. If any firm is going to raise Cravath, it’s going to be a firm like Milbank or a firm with a top-of-market M&A practice. — David Nicol, head of the US practice for recruiting firm Marsden, in comments given...
