On The Merits

On The Merits takes you behind the scenes of the legal world and the inner workings of law firms. This podcast offers in-depth analysis on the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping the business of law and the legal industry overall. You'll gain insights into how the latest government actions, policies, and business developments are impacting the industry and hear from leading attorneys, legal scholars, industry experts, and our own team of journalists as they share their perspectives on the forces driving change.

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Jad Abumrad on Making Supreme Court Cases Dance
Jad Abumrad is the executive producer and creator…
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Live from Big Law Business Summit-West
Law firm leaders from Wilson Sonsini and Orrick w…
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Why Women Leave Big Law to Start Their Own Firm...
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Why Women Leave Big Law to Start Their Own Firm...
Why are so many women lawyers choosing to leave Big Law?
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Big Law Banker ‘Pleasantly Surprised’ By Law Fi...
There’s some good news if you’re an equity partne…
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Judge Scheindlin on ‘Gender Disparity’ and Imba...
Women represent private parties in civil litigati…
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How Marc Kasowitz’s Law Firm Does Business
Kasowitz Benson Torres has been representing Dona…
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Not All Law Firms ‘Are Going to Make it’ Says M...
Leaders from Venable, Latham & Watkins, Morgan St…
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Judge Rakoff: “Fierce” Competition Has Changed ...
U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff thinks increased c…
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Hogan Lovells’ CEO & Akin Gump’s Chair Intervie...
For the latest episode of the Big Law Business po…
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Inside Jones Day: Cleveland, 1893 to Donald Trump
Jones Day's connection to Donald Trump has landed…
32 min
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Journalist Who Broke Akin Gump Partner Arrest S...
It’s not often that lawyers from Big Law firms ar…
15 min
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Norton Rose Fulbright and Chadbourne & Parke: M...
Is another megafirm about to get even bigger? Ye…
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Death Row & Billable Hours: Balancing Pro Bono ...
Alfred Dewayne Brown was sent to death row in 200…
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Arnold & Porter and Kaye Scholer to Merge After...
Arnold & Porter and Kaye Scholer, after months of…
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Supreme Court Advocates Verrilli & Clement Join...
Former United States Solicitors General Paul Clem…
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Gibson Dunn: The Firm You Call When You're In T...
It’s cliche to say, in today’s legal market, that…
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Brexit's Toll on the Business of Law
Jeremy Hodges, of Bloomberg News, joins Casey Sul…
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The Great Associate Salary Raises of 2016
2007. George W. Bush was President, Steve Jobs an…
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Aric Press on Legal Journalism, Law Firm Rankin...
The former editor-in-chief of The American Lawyer…
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Peter Lattman: The Exit Interview
Peter Lattman, formerly of The New York Times, jo…
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K&L Gates and ‘The Shark Tank of Law Firms’
The American Lawyer’s Julie Triedman joins Josh B…
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Was Scalia Too Good for Big Law?
Josh Block and Casey Sullivan discuss deferred pr…
22 min
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When 22 Big Law Partners Head for the Exit Toge...
Josh Block and Casey Sullivan discuss the impendi…
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Does Big Law Have an Old Girl Network?
Josh Block and Casey Sullivan discuss the recent …
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