by RG | May 19, 2025 | above the law
Earlier this month, McDermott Will & Emery and Schulte Roth & Zabel made the surprise announcement that they’d been in merger talks, noting that they were “finalizing a transformative combination.” The merged firm would have more than 1,650 lawyers and a...
by RG | May 19, 2025 | above the law
AI-configured images are much more realistic than they used to be. This article, written in 2024, takes a semi-nostalgic look back at what AI-generated images looked like in 2022. Looking at the quality of images being assembled now, you could do the same with AI...
by RG | May 19, 2025 | above the law
MAGA’s attack on diversity, equity, and inclusion has hit Biglaw particularly hard. Firms’ commitment to diversifying the profession were a featured part of Donald Trump’s unconstitutional Executive Orders targeting disfavored firms. Many major law firms have ended...
by RG | May 19, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by Angela Weiss – Pool/Getty Images)When the first Trump administration started elevating unqualified cranks and Biglaw associates to the federal bench, the legal community braced themselves for dingbat outcomes like written opinions becoming insulting rants or...
by RG | May 19, 2025 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. For demoralized people stuck inside these firms, I think this is catharsis. I’ve always wondered, when pressed, would rich liberal lawyers choose to stay rich or liberal? Now we know. — Kevin Carroll, a...
by RG | May 19, 2025 | above the law
Above the Law has extensively covered the capitulation of nine yellow-bellied Biglaw firms (Paul Weiss, Skadden, Willkie Farr, Milbank, Cadwalader, Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, Simpson Thacher, and A&O Shearman) to the demands of Donald Trump who...
