{"id":145844,"date":"2026-03-12T15:20:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T23:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/03\/12\/why-wasnt-biglaw-ready-for-the-epstein-files-bomb-to-drop\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T15:20:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T23:20:30","slug":"why-wasnt-biglaw-ready-for-the-epstein-files-bomb-to-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/03\/12\/why-wasnt-biglaw-ready-for-the-epstein-files-bomb-to-drop\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Wasn\u2019t Biglaw Ready For The Epstein Files \u2018Bomb\u2019 To Drop?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

You have the fact that they\u2019ve had years to prepare for this, and then you have the fact that they almost said nothing for a few days at all when all the files first came out. If you have got an unexploded bomb such as the Epstein files, you need to have a fully worked plan across various scenarios for if or when that bomb does go off.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0A legal PR firm leader, in anonymous comments given to Law.com International<\/a>, concerning the Biglaw firms that were left fumbling from a public relations stance when revelations from the Epstein files were disclosed, illustrating relationships law firm leaders had with the late sex offender. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to\u00a0email<\/a>\u00a0her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Why Wasn\u2019t Biglaw Ready For The Epstein Files \u2018Bomb\u2019 To Drop?<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

You have the fact that they\u2019ve had years to prepare for this, and then you have the fact that they almost said nothing for a few days at all when all the files first came out. If you have got an unexploded bomb such as the Epstein files, you need to have a fully worked plan across various scenarios for if or when that bomb does go off.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0A legal PR firm leader, in anonymous comments given to Law.com International<\/a>, concerning the Biglaw firms that were left fumbling from a public relations stance when revelations from the Epstein files were disclosed, illustrating relationships law firm leaders had with the late sex offender. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to\u00a0email<\/a>\u00a0her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Why Wasn\u2019t Biglaw Ready For The Epstein Files \u2018Bomb\u2019 To Drop?<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day. You have the fact that they\u2019ve had years to prepare for this, and then you have the fact that they almost said nothing for a few days at all when all the files first came out. If you have got an unexploded bomb such as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":145845,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Staci-Zaretsky-q73Nvr.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}