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peark.es • 22 days ago

Some very interesting reporting here on Big Law going penny wise and pound foolish.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/law-firms-trump-deals-clients-71b3616d?st=mUkK3d&reflink=article_copyURL_share

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billthepony.bsky.social•22 days ago

It's extremely funny because basically the only people who weren't able to figure out this game are the f****** lawyers with their arrogance and stacks of cash.

Your minimum wage Starbucks barista has more backbone than these men in $4,000 suits

bchadhill.bsky.social•22 days ago

Elite lawyers are by and large Democrats, and elite Democrats (electeds) are by and large lawyers. You see the same pattern of behavior and the same response from the people they are supposed to serve.

nw6penguin.bsky.social•22 days ago

I don't pay for the wsj (ft, economist, guardian) ; is someone able to gift the article here please?

captbob.bsky.social•22 days ago

https://archive.ph/ is your friend for all of these. Install the browser extension if you are using Chrome, or the app on your phone.

peark.es•22 days ago

I screenshotted more than half of it dude c'mon

javaheri.bsky.social•22 days ago

Love it 👏👏 @lazytato.bsky.social

magiprocessioner.bsky.social•22 days ago

Lmao

jmchao.bsky.social•22 days ago

Crazy how bad lawyers can be at figuring out the prisoner’s dilemma.

wertwhile.bsky.social•22 days ago

Feeling good about this prediction. GCs are lib!
https://bsky.app/profile/wertwhile.bsky.social/post/3llh3ohpvkk2l

wndlb.bsky.social•22 days ago

That isn’t the whole motivation. Do you want to give BigLaw billing to cheese-eating surrender monkeys?

peark.es•22 days ago

It's notable to me that Citadel was one of the named firms that was like "guys, we don't want to be repped by losers, and you're losers".

dickius.bsky.social•22 days ago

Go joke go broke

eean.dev•22 days ago

well looks like I was wrong

guan.dk•22 days ago

Penny Weiss

amyshefrin.bsky.social•22 days ago

Law firms would be wise to remember:

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foggydrinker.bsky.social•22 days ago

Who wants to pay for lawyers who cave at the first sign of trouble? I certainly would not.

streeling.bsky.social•22 days ago

Loretta Lynch at Paul Weiss repping McDonalds on a discrimination lawsuit is a fun little nugget.

stujacksonbball.bsky.social•22 days ago

That warm cozy feeling of reclining in my cuck chair