by RG | Aug 27, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. This really is supply and demand. If the demand is there, then we’re going to continue seeing the signing bonuses. And then when the market cools off and associates have fewer options, firms won’t have to offer...
by RG | Aug 27, 2026 | above the law
Wells Fargo’s Legal Specialty Group is out with its six-month 2026 survey, and by the top-line numbers, Biglaw is having one of its best years on record. Revenue across the Am Law 200 climbed 12.4 percent through June, ahead of last year’s 11.2 percent pace and among...
by RG | Aug 27, 2026 | above the law
If you are old enough to remember the movie Risky Business, you probably remember the famous scene where Tom Cruise slides smoothly across a wooden floor in his socks while Bob Seger’s “Old Time Rock and Roll” blasts in the background. Now imagine that same scene,...
by RG | Aug 27, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Who are the only grandfather-grandson pair ever to serve on the Supreme Court with a shared named borrowed from a legendary early justice? Hint: The elder became famous as a lone voice of conscience;...
by RG | Aug 27, 2026 | above the law
He Survived A ‘Widow-Maker’ At The Office. Then, He Says, His Firm Went To Work On Him: A new lawsuit accuses Troutman Pepper Locke of moving the partnership goalposts after an associate’s heart attack — and of a billing scheme he was told to keep quiet. Biglaw’s...
by RG | Aug 26, 2026 | above the law
DLA Piper Once Told Pence To Invoke The 25th Amendment. Now It’s On Trump’s Jan. 6 Legal Team: The firm called the Capitol attack a ‘reckless and wanton threat to the Constitution.’ Then it signed up to defend the guy accused of causing it. Cravath Is Just Trolling...
