{"id":119024,"date":"2025-05-14T15:02:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T23:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/05\/14\/bold-strategy-biglaw-lets-see-if-it-pays-off\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T15:02:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T23:02:46","slug":"bold-strategy-biglaw-lets-see-if-it-pays-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/05\/14\/bold-strategy-biglaw-lets-see-if-it-pays-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Bold Strategy, Biglaw \u2014 Let\u2019s See If It Pays Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/01\/lawyer-shrugging-620x413.jpg?resize=620%2C413&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67503\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Biglaw firms who gave in to Trump suffered <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/05\/skaddens-naivete-on-display-in-60-minutes-piece\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">a scathing 60 Minutes piece<\/a> and key <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/05\/cadwalader-feels-the-fallout-from-cowardly-trump-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">talent defections<\/a>, so they\u2019ve decided upon a new tactic: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/05\/biglaw-firms-surrendering-to-trump-furiously-backpedaling-lol-what-pro-bono-deals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pretending they never made a deal at all<\/a>! It does not appear to be working. Meanwhile, Justice David Souter died, reminding everyone of an era when the federal judiciary cared more about the right answer than appeasing political patrons. Unfortunately, Souter\u2019s nomination <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/05\/supreme-court-justice-david-souter-dies-after-accidentally-breaking-the-judiciary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">inadvertently triggered that change<\/a>. And we have a Biglaw merger in the offing that hopes to create <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/05\/biglaw-merger-talks-could-create-new-2-billion-firm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">a new $2B firm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/05\/bold-strategy-biglaw-lets-see-if-it-pays-off\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bold Strategy, Biglaw \u2014 Let\u2019s See If It Pays Off<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/01\/lawyer-shrugging-620x413.jpg?resize=620%2C413&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67503\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Biglaw firms who gave in to Trump suffered <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/05\/skaddens-naivete-on-display-in-60-minutes-piece\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">a scathing 60 Minutes piece<\/a> and key <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/05\/cadwalader-feels-the-fallout-from-cowardly-trump-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">talent defections<\/a>, so they\u2019ve decided upon a new tactic: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/05\/biglaw-firms-surrendering-to-trump-furiously-backpedaling-lol-what-pro-bono-deals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pretending they never made a deal at all<\/a>! It does not appear to be working. Meanwhile, Justice David Souter died, reminding everyone of an era when the federal judiciary cared more about the right answer than appeasing political patrons. Unfortunately, Souter\u2019s nomination <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/05\/supreme-court-justice-david-souter-dies-after-accidentally-breaking-the-judiciary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">inadvertently triggered that change<\/a>. And we have a Biglaw merger in the offing that hopes to create <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/05\/biglaw-merger-talks-could-create-new-2-billion-firm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">a new $2B firm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/05\/bold-strategy-biglaw-lets-see-if-it-pays-off\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bold Strategy, Biglaw \u2014 Let\u2019s See If It Pays Off<\/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>Biglaw firms who gave in to Trump suffered a scathing 60 Minutes piece and key talent defections, so they\u2019ve decided upon a new tactic: pretending they never made a deal at all! It does not appear to be working. 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