{"id":163708,"date":"2026-09-27T15:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T23:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/09\/27\/scary-law-firms-in-time-for-halloween-see-generally\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T15:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T23:58:13","slug":"scary-law-firms-in-time-for-halloween-see-generally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/09\/27\/scary-law-firms-in-time-for-halloween-see-generally\/","title":{"rendered":"Scary Law Firms In Time For Halloween \u2014 See Generally"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nothing To Fear But Quinn Itself:<\/strong> BTI\u2019s annual survey of the firms clients least want to see across the \u201cv.\u201d is out, and Quinn Emanuel, Kirkland & Ellis, Skadden, and Gibson Dunn are once again the Fearsome Foursome. Weird how two of those firms were too chicken to even defend themselves against an illegal executive order.<\/a><\/p>\n

Show Me The Precedent:<\/strong> The Eighth Circuit revived Missouri\u2019s Republican gerrymander even though the Supreme Court had already blocked it (and has since blocked it AGAIN), which raised the question of what, exactly, a judge has to do to earn articles of impeachment these days.<\/a><\/p>\n

Weil Be Back:<\/strong> After a year of watching partners head for Cravath, Simpson Thacher, Sullivan & Cromwell, and seemingly every other firm with a lobby, Weil is welcoming some folks back.<\/a><\/p>\n

Bed, Bath & Billable:<\/strong> A Legal Cheek survey of trainees and junior lawyers puts Paul, Weiss at the top of the long-day rankings, averaging nearly 13 hours in the office, with Goodwin, Milbank, Fried Frank, and Cleary not far behind.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Call Is Coming From Inside The Help Desk:<\/strong> Seyfarth Shaw says a hacker posing as IT support talked an employee into sending client documents containing names and Social Security numbers to an unauthorized account.<\/a><\/p>\n

Bare Arms And The Law:<\/strong> A Bexar County judge told a San Antonio defense lawyer her sleeveless dress was inappropriate, and when the lawyer took the fight online, the judge expanded the indictment to include her tennis shoes and backpack.<\/a><\/p>\n

The post Scary Law Firms In Time For Halloween \u2014 See Generally<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nothing To Fear But Quinn Itself:<\/strong> BTI\u2019s annual survey of the firms clients least want to see across the \u201cv.\u201d is out, and Quinn Emanuel, Kirkland & Ellis, Skadden, and Gibson Dunn are once again the Fearsome Foursome. Weird how two of those firms were too chicken to even defend themselves against an illegal executive order.<\/a><\/p>\n

Show Me The Precedent:<\/strong> The Eighth Circuit revived Missouri\u2019s Republican gerrymander even though the Supreme Court had already blocked it (and has since blocked it AGAIN), which raised the question of what, exactly, a judge has to do to earn articles of impeachment these days.<\/a><\/p>\n

Weil Be Back:<\/strong> After a year of watching partners head for Cravath, Simpson Thacher, Sullivan & Cromwell, and seemingly every other firm with a lobby, Weil is welcoming some folks back.<\/a><\/p>\n

Bed, Bath & Billable:<\/strong> A Legal Cheek survey of trainees and junior lawyers puts Paul, Weiss at the top of the long-day rankings, averaging nearly 13 hours in the office, with Goodwin, Milbank, Fried Frank, and Cleary not far behind.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Call Is Coming From Inside The Help Desk:<\/strong> Seyfarth Shaw says a hacker posing as IT support talked an employee into sending client documents containing names and Social Security numbers to an unauthorized account.<\/a><\/p>\n

Bare Arms And The Law:<\/strong> A Bexar County judge told a San Antonio defense lawyer her sleeveless dress was inappropriate, and when the lawyer took the fight online, the judge expanded the indictment to include her tennis shoes and backpack.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nothing To Fear But Quinn Itself: BTI\u2019s annual survey of the firms clients least want to see across the \u201cv.\u201d is out, and Quinn Emanuel, Kirkland & Ellis, Skadden, and Gibson Dunn are once again the Fearsome Foursome. Weird how two of those firms were too chicken to even defend themselves against an illegal executive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":163709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163708","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=163708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}