{"id":159802,"date":"2026-08-07T15:22:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/07\/the-viral-wachtell-kiss-that-exposed-a-bigger-biglaw-problem\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T15:22:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:22:26","slug":"the-viral-wachtell-kiss-that-exposed-a-bigger-biglaw-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/07\/the-viral-wachtell-kiss-that-exposed-a-bigger-biglaw-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"The Viral Wachtell Kiss That Exposed A Bigger Biglaw Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

There are many people in firms who I think disapprove of [office romances] but don\u2019t think there\u2019s much they can do about it. And there are powerful partners \u200bwho think they can do whatever they want.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/i><\/span> Peter Zeughauser, a partner at the Zeughauser Group consultancy, in comments given to Reuters<\/a>, concerning Biglaw office romances in the wake of the Wachtell kiss seen round the world<\/a>. That now viral video clip featured a partner and an associate engaged in a public makeout session<\/a>, one that subsequently cost the partner a major lateral move<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a> is 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 email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky<\/a>, X\/Twitter<\/a>, and Threads<\/a>, or connect with her on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post The Viral Wachtell Kiss That Exposed A Bigger Biglaw Problem<\/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

There are many people in firms who I think disapprove of [office romances] but don\u2019t think there\u2019s much they can do about it. And there are powerful partners \u200bwho think they can do whatever they want.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/i> Peter Zeughauser, a partner at the Zeughauser Group consultancy, in comments given to , concerning Biglaw office romances in the wake of the . That now viral video clip featured a partner and an associate engaged in a public makeout session<\/a>, one that subsequently cost the partner a major lateral move<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a> is 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 email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky<\/a>, X\/Twitter<\/a>, and Threads<\/a>, or connect with her on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day. There are many people in firms who I think disapprove of [office romances] but don\u2019t think there\u2019s much they can do about it. And there are powerful partners \u200bwho think they can do whatever they want. \u2014 Peter Zeughauser, a partner at the Zeughauser Group […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":159803,"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-159802","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\/08\/Staci-Zaretsky-gOgltZ.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159802","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=159802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}