A Goodwin Procter partner who helped rally lawyers to oppose President Donald Trump’s attacks on law firms left to co-lead ...

Arnold & Porter, Covington & Burling, Paul Weiss, and Big Law spinoff Dunn Isaacson were among the firms that have made ...

Latham & Watkins is Big Law’s leading M&A adviser so far this year, riding a second-quarter upswing in tech, ...

Over 40% of legal tasks could be automated, Goldman Sachs reckons, a problem for firms that charge richly for juniors’ time.

Democracy Forward is deepening its appellate expertise with recent DOJ and Big Law attorneys at a time when the Supreme Court ...

AliKhan is the fourth judge to rule against Trump after the MAGA president unleashed a flurry of executive orders in February ...

Judge Loren AliKhan in a Friday ruling found the Trump administration's order against Susman Godfrey unconstitutional, ...

Big Law, Big Lib. Support for left-wing causes in “Big Law” firms is pervasive. A 2024 study by Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller found that 95% of pro bono amicus briefs filed by Big Law ...

“The now near-universal adoption of the non-equity partner tier is part of the ‘Kirklandisation’ of Big Law,” said Scott ...

And some in the legal community now see Trump’s anti-Big Law orders as part of a necessary course correction after several years of one-sided lawfare. “To paraphrase Scott Adams, ...

Big Law as big business The extent to which some firms have folded at the first sign of danger is worrying to many lawyers and legal experts. But for others, firms are making understandable moves ...

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