by HolAdmin | Aug 5, 2026 | American Legal News
The big news last week was that Bob Savitt, co-chair and veteran litigator with Wachtell, left that firm for Gibson Dunn and took six others with him. (It was supposed to be seven, but that’s a whole other story.) Lots of speculation why, and most of it centered on...
by HolAdmin | Aug 5, 2026 | American Legal News
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. If you’re a partner making $15 million a year, another firm paying you $17 million a year doesn’t necessarily move the dial for you. Firms understand that. The pay packages are very reflective right now of what...
by HolAdmin | Aug 5, 2026 | American Legal News
This morning, LexisNexis announced its Customer Innovation Lab to rebuild “how legal AI gets shipped.” Lawyers from firms, corporate legal departments, the judiciary, and academia can walk into LexisNexis’s physical space with their specific pain points, and...
by HolAdmin | Aug 5, 2026 | American Legal News
Law firm mergers are supposed to create momentum. Sometimes they create recruiting opportunities for the competition instead. Barely a month after Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader officially combined, Sidley Austin has poached an 11-lawyer New York fund finance team from...
by HolAdmin | Aug 5, 2026 | American Legal News
Todd Blanche cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, which means the only thing standing between him and confirmation as the permanent Attorney General of the United States is a full Senate floor vote. Though it seems likely that step is but a formality, a...
