When Your Stake’s Weil Dunn: Gibson Dunn eyeing as many as 120 Weil lawyers, including more than 20 partners from the private funds practice in New York and London. Meanwhile, about 10 former Weil partners have hired counsel to protect their equity stakes if wind-down turns into a scramble over whatever’s left.
Great Expectations: Two-thirds of associates in our bonus survey expect firms to fully match Milbank’s raises and special bonuses, and nearly 40 percent expect year-end bonuses to beat last year’s.
From Pink Slip To Congressional Pin: Sidley fired Melat Kiros in 2023 after she called out the chilling effect of Biglaw’s open letter criticizing law schools. Now she’s going to be the first Gen Z woman in Congress.
Discretion Is The Better Part Of Revenue: Paul, Weiss told The American Lawyer it will stop submitting financial data for the Am Law 200, making it the second major firm in a month to go dark.
A Pirro-ic Victory In The Making: Jeanine Pirro’s office has opened a criminal investigation into the 2022 Dobbs leak, even though there’s no statute specifically criminalizing the release of a draft Supreme Court opinion.
Have You No Fact-Check, Sir?: Jonathan Turley misquoted Joseph Welch’s famous Army-McCarthy line and that wasn’t the last factual error he made in the piece.
Raising The Bar, Lowering The Scores: Pass rates fell in 35 of 42 jurisdictions reporting, with California dropping to 48.3 percent and New York slipping to 67 percent.
Grading On A Crooked Curve: Former Arkansas bar exam director Nancie Givens faces 65 felony counts of tampering with test scores to push some over the passing line.
Sheppard’s Pie Gets Bigger Slices: Sheppard Mullin is matching Milbank’s raises effective January 1, 2027, bringing first-years to $235,000 on the same day its four-day office policy kicks in.
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