Sidley Leader Yvette Ostolaza Shares Growth Strategy
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20 of 317 episodesK&L Gates Goes on the Offensive in the Legal Talent Wars
When it comes to winning the legal industry talent wars, the best defense is a good offense, according to K&L Gates' global managing partner...
Say Goodbye to the Era of Never Changing Law School Rankings
For a long time, the top dozen or so law schools in US News & World Report's annual rankings stayed remarkably consistent, with Yale for exa...
John Quinn Warns of Generational Clash When Firms Get Investors
Law firms bringing in outside investors is one of the hottest topics in the legal industry right now. John Quinn, founder and chairman of Qu...
Why Polsinelli Lawyers Won't Get Billing Credit for AI Training
The chair of law firm Polsinelli says he doesn't want his attorneys—and especially not his junior attorneys—to use AI legal tools grudgingly...
AI Poses Private Capital Opportunity, Mayer Brown Chief Says
Outside investors circling law firms may help some shoulder the growing costs of artificial intelligence, according to Mayer Brown's Jon Van...
Trump's U-Turn in Big Law Fight Shows White House Fury for Firms
The Trump administration surprised everyone last week when it first dropped an appeal in its fight against four law firms and then, less tha...
Goldstein Still Has Cards to Play Even After Guilty Verdict
Prominent lawyer and high-stakes poker player Tom Goldstein was convicted on some, but not all, of the 16 criminal charges against him when...
Law Firms Can't Afford to Miss Out on Data Center Boom
Large law firms are going all in on the nationwide data center build out—nevermind that lurking AI bubble. On today's episode of our podcast...
DEI at Law Firms Remains Live Issue a Year Into Trump's Term
It's been over a year since Donald Trump returned to the White House and almost immediately made it a priority to end diversity, equity, and...
AI and the Coming Mismatch Between Law Schools and Law Firms
The future lawyers of America were taking the LSAT this weekend. But, by the time they get their JDs in a few years, law firms may have repl...
New Epstein Revelations Bring Massive Upheaval at Paul Weiss
Legal giant Paul Weiss is getting a new chairman for the first time in nearly two decades, but this transition is definitely not happening i...
Even Cravath, Wachtell Must Now Fight 'the Talent Wars'
There was a time when elite Wall Street firms such as Cravath or Wachtell seemed to rise above the lateral tug-of-war among other firms. Tha...
Litigation Financiers Won't Be Ambushed Again on Capitol Hill
Last year, the litigation finance industry was nearly taxed out of existence by a measure Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) tried to attach to a big...
Goldstein to Put His Cards on the Table at His Criminal Trial
The trial of Tom Goldstein, the elite Supreme Court advocate and co-founder of SCOTUSBlog who was charged with criminal tax evasion after ye...
Latham & Watkins M&A Leaders on the 'Year of the Mega Deal'
Latham & Watkins beat out its rival Kirkland & Ellis in our annual League Tables ranking of M&A activity for 2025. And on this episode of ou...
Law Firm Crackup Comes Amid Anti-Plaintiff Mood in Delaware
There's never a good time for a law firm to see one of its most prominent partners leave and take several attorneys with him. But this is es...
Trump, Mergers and AI: A Tumultuous Year in the World of Big Law
It's not a very controversial statement to say that Donald Trump's attacks on law firms were the biggest Big Law story in 2025. But, accordi...
Cadwalader Loses Its Long Struggle to Stay Independent
New York's oldest law firm answered the outstanding question surrounding its ability to remain independent with a resounding no when it anno...
Everyone Hates Early Law School Recruiting, But Everyone Does It
It's become common now for firms to recruit elite law students even before the end of their first semester of their first year of law school...