{"id":160027,"date":"2026-08-10T15:39:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T23:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/10\/biglaw-flirts-with-private-equity-because-ruining-everything-else-wasnt-enough-see-also-2\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T15:39:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T23:39:45","slug":"biglaw-flirts-with-private-equity-because-ruining-everything-else-wasnt-enough-see-also-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/10\/biglaw-flirts-with-private-equity-because-ruining-everything-else-wasnt-enough-see-also-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Biglaw Flirts With Private Equity, Because Ruining Everything Else Wasn\u2019t Enough \u2014 See Also"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Biglaw Wants Private Equity\u2019s Money \u2014 Ask Your Vet How That Turned Out:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/the-richest-law-firms-are-looking-at-private-equity-cash-because-i-guess-they-dont-have-enough-money\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The same \u2018management services\u2019 trick that swallowed your dog\u2019s clinic is now knocking on Paul Weiss\u2019s door.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>That\u2019s Some Catch, That Catch-22<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/trump-judge-rules-splc-cant-prove-vindictive-prosecution-without-evidence-which-she-also-wont-let-them-see\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The administration may talk like the SPLC case is a vindictive prosecution, but this Trump judge says there\u2019s no way to know for sure without discovery. Also, she will not allow discovery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ballroom Blitzed<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/bunker-ballroom-blocked\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">D.C. Circuit judges block the Trump bunker ballroom.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Senate Confirmed Todd Blanche As Attorney General In The Dead Of Night:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/the-senate-confirmed-todd-blanche-at-4-am-nothing-good-happens-after-midnight\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Collins and Murkowski got their moderate bona fides. Cassidy got the blame and Blanche got the job.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Your LSAT Score May Be High, But Is It THIS High?<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/the-law-schools-with-the-highest-lsat-scores-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Check out the law schools with the highest LSAT scores.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/biglaw-flirts-with-private-equity-because-ruining-everything-else-wasnt-enough-see-also\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Biglaw Flirts With Private Equity, Because Ruining Everything Else Wasn\u2019t Enough \u2014 See Also<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Biglaw Wants Private Equity\u2019s Money \u2014 Ask Your Vet How That Turned Out:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/the-richest-law-firms-are-looking-at-private-equity-cash-because-i-guess-they-dont-have-enough-money\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The same \u2018management services\u2019 trick that swallowed your dog\u2019s clinic is now knocking on Paul Weiss\u2019s door.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>That\u2019s Some Catch, That Catch-22<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/trump-judge-rules-splc-cant-prove-vindictive-prosecution-without-evidence-which-she-also-wont-let-them-see\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The administration may talk like the SPLC case is a vindictive prosecution, but this Trump judge says there\u2019s no way to know for sure without discovery. Also, she will not allow discovery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ballroom Blitzed<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/bunker-ballroom-blocked\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">D.C. Circuit judges block the Trump bunker ballroom.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Senate Confirmed Todd Blanche As Attorney General In The Dead Of Night:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/the-senate-confirmed-todd-blanche-at-4-am-nothing-good-happens-after-midnight\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Collins and Murkowski got their moderate bona fides. Cassidy got the blame and Blanche got the job.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Your LSAT Score May Be High, But Is It THIS High?<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/the-law-schools-with-the-highest-lsat-scores-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Check out the law schools with the highest LSAT scores.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/biglaw-flirts-with-private-equity-because-ruining-everything-else-wasnt-enough-see-also\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Biglaw Flirts With Private Equity, Because Ruining Everything Else Wasn\u2019t Enough \u2014 See Also<\/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 Wants Private Equity\u2019s Money \u2014 Ask Your Vet How That Turned Out: The same \u2018management services\u2019 trick that swallowed your dog\u2019s clinic is now knocking on Paul Weiss\u2019s door. That\u2019s Some Catch, That Catch-22: The administration may talk like the SPLC case is a vindictive prosecution, but this Trump judge says there\u2019s no way [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":160026,"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-160027","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\/money-hundreds-GettyImages-2177624474-1024x516-5iMG8d.jpg?fit=1024%2C516&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160027","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=160027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}