by HolAdmin | Jun 3, 2025 | American Legal News
(Photo by Fran Santiago/Getty Images) “You’re welcome to do dealings with foreign governments when it makes sense, but don’t go accepting compromising deals as their agents or get knighted or something.” Not only is this some simple advice, it is echoed...
by HolAdmin | Jun 3, 2025 | American Legal News
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. It is easy to forget that when Paul Weiss and the other law firms that capitulated to Trump cut their deals, they thought they would be viewed as savvy dealmakers. Now they look like craven fools and gutless...
by HolAdmin | Jun 3, 2025 | American Legal News
It’s June 2, and for the Biglaw community, that means that a new competitor just entered the marketplace. Today marks Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer’s second day of existence, and the brand new firm — formed from the union of Herbert Smith Freehills and Kramer Levin —...
by HolAdmin | Jun 3, 2025 | American Legal News
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) The news is a deluge. It arrives relentlessly in daily, or hourly, or minutely cycles. The tweets are even worse. They “begin, and cease, and then again begin,” frothing and vanishing into the twittersphere. So slow down this week...
by HolAdmin | Jun 3, 2025 | American Legal News
Biglaw firms with single partnership tiers are now few and far between, with more big-name firms showing that they’re ready, willing, and able to welcome nonequity partners to their ranks. Cravath was one of the first longtime holdouts to cut bait and create...
by HolAdmin | Jun 3, 2025 | American Legal News
Gideon v. Wainwright secured the right to an attorney for defendants facing felony charges, even if they couldn’t afford the representation. Would have been nice if it went just a little bit further and ensured that the representing attorneys would be duly compensated...
