by RG | Apr 16, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)They thought they made one-shot deals which they would fulfill, but the administration seems to think that they have subjected these firms to indentured servitude. — Professor Harold Hongju Koh, of Yale Law School in a New York Times...
by RG | Apr 16, 2025 | above the law
Reed Smith, long recognized as a Gold Standard Firm by the Women In Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF), has done away with all of the diversity shit it professed as near and dear to its heart for the last decade or so. I’d link you to them bragging about how important...
by RG | Apr 16, 2025 | above the law
Legal Services NYC has quietly scrubbed references to its diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging commitments from its public-facing website. The move, announced internally via email on Tuesday, marks the latest in a growing line of DEI retreats across the legal...
by RG | Apr 16, 2025 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to the data collected by ALM, what is the total gross revenue for the Am Law 100 firms? Hint: Revenue was up 13.3% year over year. See the answer on the next page. The post Biglaw Is Big...
by RG | Apr 16, 2025 | above the law
Resisting Firms Are Winning Bigly!: Not only is this the 4th firm to win a TRO, the judge sends their compliments! Reed Smith Nixes Their Diversity Program To Avoid The EEOC: Weird, that was kind of their thing for the last decade or so. Sometimes, Good Advocacy Means...
by RG | Apr 16, 2025 | above the law
As the number of Biglaw capitulations to the Trump administration pile up, so too do the number of principled resignations from rank-and-file attorneys who cannot abide their firms’ decision to play ball with authoritarianism. Whaddya know — some folks take that oath...
