{"id":146177,"date":"2026-03-16T15:44:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T23:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/03\/16\/more-and-more-biglaw-firms-are-saying-bye-bye-to-the-verein\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T15:44:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T23:44:38","slug":"more-and-more-biglaw-firms-are-saying-bye-bye-to-the-verein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/03\/16\/more-and-more-biglaw-firms-are-saying-bye-bye-to-the-verein\/","title":{"rendered":"More And More Biglaw Firms Are Saying Bye-Bye To The Verein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><u>Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/quote-of-the-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>In DLA\u2019s case, we are seeing an \u2018Americanization\u2019 of the firm \u2026 This just goes to show the verein is dead.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong><em>\u2014\u00a0A Biglaw insider offering commentary to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/international-edition\/2026\/03\/15\/the-verein-is-dead-how-dla-pipers-change-fits-within-a-changing-legal-landscape\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law.com International<\/a>, concerning on DLA Piper\u2019s decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/global-biglaw-shakeup-top-firm-eyes-unified-profit-pool\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">step away from its verein structure<\/a> in favor of moving \u201ctowards greater financial integration.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Staci-Zaretsky.jpg?resize=150%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66762\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/author\/staci-zaretsky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">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\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:staci@abovethelaw.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">email<\/a>\u00a0her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/stacizaretsky.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/staci-zaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/more-and-more-biglaw-firms-are-saying-bye-bye-to-the-verein\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More And More Biglaw Firms Are Saying Bye-Bye To The Verein<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><u>Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/quote-of-the-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>In DLA\u2019s case, we are seeing an \u2018Americanization\u2019 of the firm \u2026 This just goes to show the verein is dead.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong><em>\u2014\u00a0A Biglaw insider offering commentary to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/international-edition\/2026\/03\/15\/the-verein-is-dead-how-dla-pipers-change-fits-within-a-changing-legal-landscape\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law.com International<\/a>, concerning on DLA Piper\u2019s decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/global-biglaw-shakeup-top-firm-eyes-unified-profit-pool\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">step away from its verein structure<\/a> in favor of moving \u201ctowards greater financial integration.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Staci-Zaretsky.jpg?resize=150%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66762\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/author\/staci-zaretsky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">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\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:staci@abovethelaw.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">email<\/a>\u00a0her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/stacizaretsky.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/staci-zaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/more-and-more-biglaw-firms-are-saying-bye-bye-to-the-verein\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More And More Biglaw Firms Are Saying Bye-Bye To The Verein<\/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>Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day. In DLA\u2019s case, we are seeing an \u2018Americanization\u2019 of the firm \u2026 This just goes to show the verein is dead. \u2014\u00a0A Biglaw insider offering commentary to Law.com International, concerning on DLA Piper\u2019s decision to step away from its verein structure in favor of moving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":146178,"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-146177","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-Xc5NVq.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146177","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=146177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}