Staci Zaretsky

1 week ago | abovethelaw.com | Staci Zaretsky

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Without the stiff competition of the talent wars to push it along, the market is not moving as quickly to follow the few big firms who have announced first-year pay increases as we saw in the last cycle.

1 week ago | abovethelaw.com | Staci Zaretsky

As market pressures abound, Biglaw firms continue to have the urge to merge. Kent Zimmerman, a veteran law firm mergers consultant, recently said, “The dominoes have been dropping in New York. First was Stroock, then Shearman, then Kramer Levin, and now Schulte. Makes you wonder who is next?” Who, indeed, could be the next firm to make a major combination announcement? Patrick Smith of the American Lawyer conducted some analysis to find out the answer to that important question.

1 week ago | abovethelaw.com | Staci Zaretsky

Back in 2020, Texas Southern University’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law was rocked by a series of admissions scandals. In one of those scandals, Edward Rene, 57, the school’s former assistant dean of admissions, was charged with theft by a public servant, as part of an ill-advised scholarship scheme that netted him about $74,000. As part of that plan, Rene inflated scholarships for two students, and retained the excess funds.

1 week ago | abovethelaw.com | Staci Zaretsky

DLA Piper, one of the most successful Biglaw firms in the world, is reportedly in talks to bring aboard a popular former government figure as a consultant. As noted by the American Lawyer, the firm — which came in at No. 3 on the 2024 Global 200 — has been chatting with former U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron. His move would require clearance from the U.K.’s Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, an organization designed to prevent misuse of privileged information for personal gain.

1 week ago | abovethelaw.com | Staci Zaretsky

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Jesus, he tore these people a new asshole. Good grief. — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, in comments caught on a hot mic, following Judge André Espinosa’s more than five-minute reprimand of Trump administration prosecutors from the New Jersey U.S. Attorney’s Office over Alina Habba’s “embarrassing” choice to charge Baraka with trespassing, only to later retract those charges.