by RG | Apr 28, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by ALM, what percentage of partners in the Am Law 100 are of the nonequity variety? Hint: Nonequity partnership is increasingly popular in Biglaw, with just 10 firms in the...
by RG | Apr 27, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by ALM, which Biglaw firm had the attorney who billed the most hours in 2025? Hint: The attorney record 3,451 hours last year. See the answer on the next page. The post The...
by RG | Apr 27, 2026 | above the law
No Room For Thoughts And Prayers This Time: Bad White House Correspondents’ Dinner optics fan false flag flames. Did They Forget Other People Would Read This Email?: What’s worse? That a Perkins Coie partner said this or HR’s response time? Inclusion Matters: Vault...
by RG | Apr 27, 2026 | above the law
As Perkins Coie and Ashurst advance toward their upcoming merger, it provides both firms an opportunity to reflect on their own calcified practices and embrace change where needed. Like, for example, how the new firm might handle a hypothetical situation where a...
by RG | Apr 27, 2026 | above the law
Todd Blanche wants to talk about the White House ballroom. Or the Southern Poverty Law Center. Or how to transfer taxpayer dollars into Donald Trump’s personal account. But he definitely does NOT want to talk about the Epstein files, a subject of inquiry that he’s...
by RG | Apr 27, 2026 | above the law
Law firms still believe strategy happens in markup. That belief is increasingly wrong. In modern litigation, the most consequential strategic move often happens before outside counsel ever opens a document. It happens when the first draft is written. And more often...
