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This Biglaw Firm Rebounded Big Time Last Year

This Biglaw Firm Rebounded Big Time Last Year

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! After a disappointing 2023, which Biglaw firm saw a 19.7% increase in revenue to $1.62 billion and a profits per equity partner bump of 32% to $5.34 million last year.? Hint: This NYC-based firm was...

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11 Class Actions: Lockton Slammed Over Data Breach

11 Class Actions: Lockton Slammed Over Data Breach

"When [Lockton] finally announced the data breach, it deliberately underplayed the breach's severity and obfuscated the nature of the breach," the complaint said. "[Lockton's] breach notice fails to explain how the breach occurred (what security weakness was...

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Texas Investigates Kellogg Over Artificial Dyes in Cereals

Texas Investigates Kellogg Over Artificial Dyes in Cereals

Texas AG Ken Paxton launches an investigation into Kellogg's for potentially breaking the law by allegedly falsely claiming to remove unhealthy artificial dyes from its cereals.       Texas AG Ken Paxton launches an investigation into Kellogg's for potentially...

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Michigan Lawyer for Campus Protestor Is Detained at Airport

Michigan Lawyer for Campus Protestor Is Detained at Airport

Federal agents demanded the phone of civil rights attorney and U.S. citizen Amir Makled as he returned to the U.S. following vacation with his family. Government officials denied the attorney's version of events.       Federal agents demanded the phone of civil rights...

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DOJ Antitrust Attorney Carrie Syme Joins DiCello Levitt

DOJ Antitrust Attorney Carrie Syme Joins DiCello Levitt

Syme, a former trial attorney in the Antitrust Division, joins as a partner in DiCello Levitt's Antitrust and Competitive Litigation Practice Group. She is based in New York.       Syme, a former trial attorney in the Antitrust Division, joins as a partner in DiCello...

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Donald Trump Is Trying To Shakedown Cadwalader

Donald Trump Is Trying To Shakedown Cadwalader

Todd Blanche and Donald Trump (Photo by Brendan McDermid-Pool/Getty Images)Donald Trump has ben busy using the questionable power of Executive Orders to target Biglaw firms like Covington & Burling, then Perkins Coie, Paul Weiss, Jenner & Block,...

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Morning Docket: 04.08.25

Morning Docket: 04.08.25

* Supreme Court decides Trump can continue disappearing people to El Salvador as long as he gives the people snatched off the street by masked agents and spirited away to interstate holding areas a de minimis opportunity to file a fully sufficient habeas petition....

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How Long Is Big Law’s Memory?

How Long Is Big Law’s Memory?

Firms that have cut deals with the president might reasonably believe that the backlash would be brief, relative to the timelines of their firm histories. So how long is Big Law's memory?       Firms that have cut deals with the president might reasonably believe that...

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Shifting Crypto and Cyber Priorities In SEC Enforcement

Shifting Crypto and Cyber Priorities In SEC Enforcement

When the SEC issues the next annual enforcement report for fiscal year 2025, we expect securities offering actions and investment adviser actions will almost certainly be up, and the “crypto and “cyber cases will almost certainly be down. Public statements by the new...

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Thank You For Inventing The Billable Hour!

Thank You For Inventing The Billable Hour!

The billable hour is not the natural state of legal billing. In fact, it wasn’t invented until after World War I, when Reginald Heber Smith proposed to move his firm to the model — setting up a system around 6 minute increments because “I can more easily add,...

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The Real A.C.B.

The Real A.C.B.

(Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, once celebrated as a stalwart conservative and a crowning achievement of the Trump presidency, now finds herself under fire from the very base that championed her confirmation. Her recent...

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Prince William Causes Royal Stir With Lawyer Shake-Up

Prince William Causes Royal Stir With Lawyer Shake-Up

(Photo by Derek Ironside – WPA Pool/Getty Images)Royal watchers are all in a tizzy over a change that Prince William is making. No, he’s no shaving that scraggly beard he’s been rocking of late, but he’s hired his own lawyers. In a move that is being unironically...

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Lawmakers Probe 6 Law Firms About Trump Deals

Lawmakers Probe 6 Law Firms About Trump Deals

Letters to both Sullivan & Cromwell and Kirkland probe potential recruitment efforts by the firms looking to poach talent or clients from Paul Weiss.       Letters to both Sullivan & Cromwell and Kirkland probe potential recruitment efforts by the firms...

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Will This Age of Discontent Threaten the Future of Big Law?

Will This Age of Discontent Threaten the Future of Big Law?

As major law firms strike agreements with U.S. President Donald Trump, the rank and file of the legal industry is growing increasingly unhappy, writes The Global Lawyer. Should Big Law be worried?       As major law firms strike agreements with U.S. President Donald...

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Doug Emhoff Chastises Own Firm Over Deal With Trump

Doug Emhoff Chastises Own Firm Over Deal With Trump

Speaking at a Bet Tzedek fundraiser last week, former Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff said he urged Willkie Farr & Gallagher leaders not to negotiate with the White House to fend off an executive order.       Speaking at a Bet Tzedek fundraiser last week, former...

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Did an AI Discriminate in Hiring? Employer Faces Lawsuit

Did an AI Discriminate in Hiring? Employer Faces Lawsuit

Immunovant Inc. is accused of discriminatory hiring due to the use of artificial intelligence in the hiring process. But one legal observer said the AI claims are not well-supported and might have been included simply to attract attention.       Immunovant Inc. is...

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Legal Speak at Legalweek 2025: Casepoint’s Chris Kruse

Legal Speak at Legalweek 2025: Casepoint’s Chris Kruse

In this Legal Speak episode, co-hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith interview Chris Kruse, Executive Vice President and Advisor at Casepoint, live from the Legalweek 2025 Conference in New York.       In this Legal Speak episode, co-hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick...

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Legal Speak at Legalweek 2025: Consilio’s Raj Chandrasekar

Legal Speak at Legalweek 2025: Consilio’s Raj Chandrasekar

In this Legal Speak episode, co-hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith interview Raj Chandrasekar, Chief Innovation and Technology at Consilio, live from the Legalweek 2025 Conference in New York.       In this Legal Speak episode, co-hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick...

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Trump v. Big Law: The Timeline

Trump v. Big Law: The Timeline

A graphic timeline of the ongoing conflict between President Trump and some of Big Law's largest and most notable firms.       A graphic timeline of the ongoing conflict between President Trump and some of Big Law's largest and most notable firms.       

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Biglaw Badge Of Dishonor Ranking — See Also

Biglaw Badge Of Dishonor Ranking — See Also

Profiles In Cowardice: Above the Law unveils its Biglaw Spine Index following firm responses to threats to the rule of law. Show Me The Money: Attorneys wonder about firm finances as raises and bonuses get delayed. Bro, Do You Even Have A Law Degree?: JD Vance flexed...

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Who Are The Happiest Lawyers?

Who Are The Happiest Lawyers?

Most people understand that lawyers are generally less happy than people in other professions. This is because the legal profession can be a grind sometimes, and the adversarial nature of the industry, combined with the tedium of some legal tasks, reduces the...

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Stat(s) Of The Week: Judicial Elections

Stat(s) Of The Week: Judicial Elections

On Tuesday, in the most expensive judicial race on record, Susan Crawford defeated the Trump-endorsed candidate, Brad Schimel, for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, preserving the court’s liberal majority — despite (because of?) the personal campaigning and...

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Say Hello To The ATL Spine Index! — See Also

Say Hello To The ATL Spine Index! — See Also

It Is Hard To Keep Up With Each New Biglaw Capitulator On Your Own: Did your firm show Trump its belly? Find out using this tracker! Kirkland Is Waving The White Flag: They probably could have stayed under the radar if they didn’t bring attention to themselves....

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Monsanto Petitions SCOTUS Again to Resolve Roundup Lawsuits

Monsanto Petitions SCOTUS Again to Resolve Roundup Lawsuits

As in two prior petitions, which the U.S. Supreme Court denied review of in 2022, Monsanto argues that federal law preempts claims that it failed to warn of Roundup's cancer risks.       As in two prior petitions, which the U.S. Supreme Court denied review of in 2022,...

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