{"id":150806,"date":"2026-05-08T13:39:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T21:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/05\/08\/no-shame-in-the-layoffs-game-industry-insider-says-next-wave-of-biglaw-cuts-may-already-be-teed-up\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:39:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T21:39:51","slug":"no-shame-in-the-layoffs-game-industry-insider-says-next-wave-of-biglaw-cuts-may-already-be-teed-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/05\/08\/no-shame-in-the-layoffs-game-industry-insider-says-next-wave-of-biglaw-cuts-may-already-be-teed-up\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No Shame\u2019 In The Layoffs Game: Industry Insider Says Next Wave Of Biglaw Cuts May Already Be Teed Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

I don\u2019t think there\u2019s going to be a huge amount of more culling unless there\u2019s serious financial issues. I just think you\u2019re going to see this at other firms. Paul Weiss is a very strong firm, McDermott is a great firm, and people are saying, \u2018Hey, if they\u2019re doing this, then there\u2019s no shame in doing this.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0\u00a0A New York recruiter, in anonymous comments given to the American Lawyer<\/a>, concerning the likelihood that other top Biglaw firms will conduct layoffs in the wake of the cuts made this week at Paul, Weiss<\/a> and McDermott<\/a>. According to the recruiter, layoffs at other firms are likely to occur within the next three months.<\/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 \u2018No Shame\u2019 In The Layoffs Game: Industry Insider Says Next Wave Of Biglaw Cuts May Already Be Teed Up<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

I don\u2019t think there\u2019s going to be a huge amount of more culling unless there\u2019s serious financial issues. I just think you\u2019re going to see this at other firms. Paul Weiss is a very strong firm, McDermott is a great firm, and people are saying, \u2018Hey, if they\u2019re doing this, then there\u2019s no shame in doing this.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0\u00a0A New York recruiter, in anonymous comments given to the American Lawyer<\/a>, concerning the likelihood that other top Biglaw firms will conduct layoffs in the wake of the cuts made this week at Paul, Weiss<\/a> and McDermott<\/a>. According to the recruiter, layoffs at other firms are likely to occur within the next three months.<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s going to be a huge amount of more culling unless there\u2019s serious financial issues. I just think you\u2019re going to see this at other firms. Paul Weiss is a very strong firm, McDermott is a great firm, and people are saying, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":150794,"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-150806","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\/05\/Staci-Zaretsky-sHXThv.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150806","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=150806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}