{"id":115183,"date":"2025-04-16T14:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T22:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/04\/16\/biglaw-wins-losses-and-goodbyes-see-also\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T14:38:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T22:38:00","slug":"biglaw-wins-losses-and-goodbyes-see-also","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/04\/16\/biglaw-wins-losses-and-goodbyes-see-also\/","title":{"rendered":"Biglaw Wins, Losses, And Goodbyes \u2014 See Also"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Resisting Firms Are Winning Bigly!<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/granting-susman-godfrey-a-temporary-restraining-order-judge-calls-out-the-cowardly-biglaw-firms-inking-deals-with-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Not only is this the 4th firm to win a TRO, the judge sends their compliments<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reed Smith Nixes Their Diversity Program To Avoid The EEOC<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/reed-smith-puts-down-their-dei-programs-to-dodge-the-eeoc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weird, that was kind of their thing for the last decade or so<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sometimes, Good Advocacy Means Departure<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/associates-at-kirkland-and-latham-latest-to-quit-biglaw-gigs-because-of-cowardly-deals-with-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Associates jump ship from Kirkland, Latham<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Diversity Backlash Hits Non-Profit Fighting Discrimination<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/legal-nonprofit-backs-away-from-diversity-that-should-scare-everyone\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Threats to funding forced hard decisions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Two Too Many<\/strong>?: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/doj-sues-maine-for-aggravated-nice-to-trans-kids\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DOJ sues Maine over accommodating children they don\u2019t like<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Defending Bad Boys<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/sean-combs-recruits-super-lawyer-to-his-side\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Steel joins Sean Comb\u2019s legal team<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>This Week On Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/law-school-ranking-chaos-and-biglaw-trump-deals-turn-sour\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arbitrary law school rankings, <s>due process<\/s> and Biglaw butchering their reputation<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/biglaw-wins-losses-and-goodbyes-see-also\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Biglaw Wins, Losses, And Goodbyes \u2014 See Also<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resisting Firms Are Winning Bigly!<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/granting-susman-godfrey-a-temporary-restraining-order-judge-calls-out-the-cowardly-biglaw-firms-inking-deals-with-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Not only is this the 4th firm to win a TRO, the judge sends their compliments<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reed Smith Nixes Their Diversity Program To Avoid The EEOC<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/reed-smith-puts-down-their-dei-programs-to-dodge-the-eeoc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weird, that was kind of their thing for the last decade or so<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sometimes, Good Advocacy Means Departure<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/associates-at-kirkland-and-latham-latest-to-quit-biglaw-gigs-because-of-cowardly-deals-with-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Associates jump ship from Kirkland, Latham<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Diversity Backlash Hits Non-Profit Fighting Discrimination<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/legal-nonprofit-backs-away-from-diversity-that-should-scare-everyone\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Threats to funding forced hard decisions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Two Too Many<\/strong>?: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/doj-sues-maine-for-aggravated-nice-to-trans-kids\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DOJ sues Maine over accommodating children they don\u2019t like<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Defending Bad Boys<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/sean-combs-recruits-super-lawyer-to-his-side\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Steel joins Sean Comb\u2019s legal team<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>This Week On Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/law-school-ranking-chaos-and-biglaw-trump-deals-turn-sour\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arbitrary law school rankings, <s>due process<\/s> and Biglaw butchering their reputation<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/biglaw-wins-losses-and-goodbyes-see-also\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Biglaw Wins, Losses, And Goodbyes \u2014 See Also<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 Departure: Associates jump ship from Kirkland, Latham. 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