Seventh Paul Weiss Partner Ditches Law Firm for Dunn’s Shop

Another Paul Weiss partner left the firm to join a group of prominent litigators at a new trial law boutique.

Kirkland Steers Warner Bros. Discovery Plan to Split Businesses

Kirkland & Ellis is guiding Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. in the media giant’s plan to split into two publicly traded companies.

WilmerHale Asks for Relief From Trump Order Across All Agencies

WilmerHale is asking a federal judge to make clear that his opinion invalidating the executive order against the firm applies to all government agencies and not just the 51 of them and officers specifically named in the law firm’s original complaint.

Debevoise Joins Most Rivals in Creating Non-Equity Partner Tier

Debevoise & Plimpton, which was one of the last law firms with a single group of partners, has created a second tier that will primarily pay in salaries rather than equity.

DC Bar Overwhelmingly Chooses Veteran Member Over Bondi

The brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi was overwhelmingly defeated in his bid to lead the DC bar association, after an unusually rancorous campaign revolving around speculation he would interfere with disciplinary proceedings against allies of President Donald Trump.

Latest Stories

Zaslav Flips Warner Plan After $40 Billion in Lost Value

Just three years after arguing that the best way to boost the value of Warner Media and Discovery Inc. was to combine their assets, Chief Executive Officer David Zaslav is now saying that the real key to unlocking their potential worth is to split them apart.

Warner Bros. to Split Into Streaming, Cable TV Companies

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. is splitting itself in half, unshackling its fast-growing streaming business from the struggling legacy media channels and setting up two independent companies that could pursue deals on their own.

Partnership Drops $1.5 Million Lawsuit Over Defaulted Loans

A group that alleged loan defaults by countertop and cabinet-maker overseer Third Bench Inc. cost it $1.5 million in damages agreed to drop claims against an owning member for allegedly concealing a disbarred attorney’s involvement in the holding company.

Ex-NY State Special Counsel Settles Reprisal Claims for $750,000

A former special counsel has reached a deal to end her lawsuit claiming that she was retaliated against for testifying that workplace sexual harassment, racism, and violence was allowed to fester for years at the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services.

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Trump Orders Could Implode Law Firms With Frightening Speed

Trump's Attacks on Firms Scramble Law Students' Career Paths

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Bloomberg Law M&A League Tables

Kirkland Strengthens Grip on Shifting M&A Deals Leaderboard

Kirkland & Ellis retained its crown as Big Law’s top mergers and acquisitions adviser in 2024, nabbing several of the largest transactions of the year.

Steven Davis and the Rise and Fall of Dewey & LeBoeuf

On May 28, 2012, Dewey & LeBoeuf, the product of a merger between two storied New York law firms, filed for bankruptcy. For the first time, Dewey's former chair Steven Davis opens up about the years, months, and weeks leading to his firm's collapse, the decisions he made and, looking back, whether he would have done anything differently.

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