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Firms like Simpson Thacher and Skadden pushed back on Democrats' claims that their Trump deals amounted to illegal bribes.
When Rachel Cohen took a job as an associate at Skadden Arps in Chicago three years ago, she expected long hours, some tedious work, and extremely good pay. What she wasn’t expecting was to be thrust ...
On May 2, 2025, Judge Howell granted Perkins Coie summary judgment and declaratory and permanent injunctive relief against ...
Trump in March began unleashing executive orders on Big Law, targeting firms that have represented clients the president ...
April 24 (Reuters) - Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom was accused on Thursday of limiting its lawyers' access to internal email lists to prevent them from discussing an agreement struck with ...
George Knighton rejoined A&O Shearman as a partner in its mergers and acquisitions practice, the firm announced Tuesday.
Despite a low ebb of dealmaking activity, law firms are continuing to recruit rainmakers with outsized paydays ...
Above the Law, a legal industry website with a long history of skewering the nation’s most elite firms, has found a moment ...
Law firms that are trying to push forward with diversity efforts are focusing on initiatives they see as clearly legal to ...
Multiple law firms have preemptively bent the knee to Donald Trump and agreed to provide him with free legal services.
Fearing the wrath of President Trump, some elite law firms are declining pro bono work on lawsuits challenging the ...
“In light of Skadden’s position, it is outrageous and self-interested that rather than fulfilling the legal profession’s oath and standing in solidarity with fellow law firms that were ...