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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.

John Quinn Warns of Generational Clash When Firms Get Investors

14 mins; March 31, 2026

Why Polsinelli Lawyers Won't Get Billing Credit for AI Training

18 mins; March 24, 2026

AI Poses Private Capital Opportunity, Mayer Brown Chief Says

18 mins; March 17, 2026

Trump's U-Turn in Big Law Fight Shows White House Fury for Firms

13 mins; March 10, 2026

Goldstein Still Has Cards to Play Even After Guilty Verdict

13 mins; February 27, 2026

Law Firms Can't Afford to Miss Out on Data Center Boom

15 mins; February 24, 2026

DEI at Law Firms Remains Live Issue a Year Into Trump's Term

14 mins; February 17, 2026

AI and the Coming Mismatch Between Law Schools and Law Firms

9 mins; February 10, 2026

New Epstein Revelations Bring Massive Upheaval at Paul Weiss

10 mins; February 05, 2026

Even Cravath, Wachtell Must Now Fight 'the Talent Wars'

16 mins; February 03, 2026

Litigation Financiers Won't Be Ambushed Again on Capitol Hill

12 mins; January 27, 2026

Goldstein to Put His Cards on the Table at His Criminal Trial

14 mins; January 20, 2026

Latham & Watkins M&A Leaders on the 'Year of the Mega Deal'

14 mins; January 13, 2026

Latham & Watkins M&A Leaders on the 'Year of the Mega Deal'

14 mins; January 13, 2026

Law Firm Crackup Comes Amid Anti-Plaintiff Mood in Delaware

14 mins; January 06, 2026

Trump, Mergers and AI: A Tumultuous Year in the World of Big Law

16 mins; December 30, 2025

Cadwalader Loses Its Long Struggle to Stay Independent

15 mins; December 23, 2025

Everyone Hates Early Law School Recruiting, But Everyone Does It

24 mins; December 18, 2025

Client Relationships Suffer as Lawyers Put Billing on Autopilot

15 mins; December 09, 2025

OpenAI's GC Chang Shares Insights from 'Extremely Stressful' Job

16 mins; December 02, 2025

Brad Karp Heckling Shows Anger at Law Firms Hasn't Faded

14 mins; November 24, 2025

McDermott Wooing Outside Investment May Portend Industry Shakeup

12 mins; November 18, 2025

Top In-House Lawyers Absorb More Responsibility, Much More Money

14 mins; November 10, 2025

Ropes & Gray Is Exception, Not the Rule, for Non-Equity Partners

17 mins; November 04, 2025

Firms That Did Trump Deals Forgot They Were Law Firms, Says Prof

20 mins; October 28, 2025

Goodwin Chair on Revenue Rise and New Competitors for Law Firms

14 mins; October 21, 2025

What a GC Wants to Hear From His Outside Law Firms on AI

13 mins; October 16, 2025

Trump Attacks Could Have Killed Law Firms, Yale Prof Says

14 mins; October 07, 2025

NY's Oldest Law Firm Loses Key Partners, Faces Tough Choices

12 mins; September 30, 2025

Every Law Firm Should Build Their Own AI, Yale Professor Says

12 mins; September 25, 2025

Data Center Explosion Hands Big Law Cross-Practice Opportunities

19 mins; September 23, 2025

Why Law Schools are Making a 'Big Mistake' in AI Era Admissions

12 mins; September 18, 2025

Trump's Law Firm Deals May Have Hurt Headcount: David Lat

14 mins; September 16, 2025

Wachtell Has Its Fingerprints All Over Delaware Law Changes

13 mins; September 12, 2025

King & Spalding 2,400 Hour Rule Is Just the Norm, Recruiter Says

13 mins; September 09, 2025

Chicago Law Dean on AI: You Won't Be Able to Entirely Avoid It

15 mins; September 04, 2025

What's KPMG Up to With Its New Law Firm in Arizona?

13 mins; September 02, 2025

Big Law United to Save Lucrative White Collar Defense Work

15 mins; August 29, 2025

Ex-Skadden Partner Talks Taking on Trump With New Solo Firm

14 mins; August 26, 2025

Law Firms Look Like Enticing Targets for Outside Investors

11 mins; August 21, 2025

Why Do More Big Law Lawyers Want Off the Partner Track?

13 mins; August 19, 2025

When a Law Firm's Tech Venture Goes South, the Lawsuits Fly

12 mins; August 15, 2025

Did Associates Who Quit Over Trump Deals Burn Big Law Bridges?

14 mins; August 12, 2025

Risky Bet on Figma Paid Off Huge for Silicon Valley Law Firm

11 mins; August 05, 2025

Why Susman Godfrey Lawyers Are Happy to Tackle Risky Litigation

16 mins; August 01, 2025

Milbank Fights Trump DOJ, Despite Law Firm's White House Deal

11 mins; July 29, 2025

DLA Piper Chief to Associates: Be Curious, Not 'Overly Partisan'

10 mins; July 24, 2025

Fired Davis Polk Lawyer on Why He Criticized Trump, Palantir

12 mins; July 22, 2025

Cahill’s Washer: ‘Rethinking Overall Strategy’ at Storied Firm

17 mins; July 18, 2025

Law Firms Win When Shareholders Go to War With Their Companies

11 mins; July 15, 2025

Big Law Has a New M&A Top Dog—Can It Keep Kirkland at Bay?

10 mins; July 10, 2025

McDermott Chief Bets on 'Scale' With Schulte Merger

19 mins; July 07, 2025

What Does the Future of DEI Programming for Law Firms Look Like?

15 mins; July 01, 2025

Alternatives to Bar Exam Met With Dueling Relief and Skepticism

18 mins; June 26, 2025

Foley & Lardner's CEO Doogal on the Beauty of Smaller Markets

17 mins; June 24, 2025

The Mysterious Forces Behind Anti Litigation Finance Ad Blitz

12 mins; June 17, 2025

Paul Weiss Post-Trump Deal Exits: Catastrophe or Set Back?

18 mins; June 12, 2025

Bondi's Loss May Not Be the End of Attacks on the Bar

14 mins; June 10, 2025

Karl Racine Breaks Down Latest Trends for State AG Practices

17 mins; June 03, 2025

Some Summer Associates Are Unforgettable—But Not in a Good Way

14 mins; May 29, 2025

The Law Firm That's Defying Trump on DEI Recruitment

14 mins; May 20, 2025

Cutting Deals With Trump: Some Law Firms Win, Others Lose

13 mins; May 15, 2025

Trump's War on Law Firms Puts In-House Counsel in Tough Spot

20 mins; May 13, 2025

Trump's Law Firm Deals Now Clearer, but Still Far From Clear

15 mins; May 08, 2025

100 Days of Uncertainty and Seismic Shifts in the Legal World

18 mins; May 01, 2025

Trump's Attacks on Firms Scramble Law Students' Career Paths

13 mins; April 29, 2025

If Trump Keeps Defying Courts, What's the Endgame for Judges?

19 mins; April 22, 2025

Trump Orders Could Implode Law Firms With Frightening Speed

24 mins; April 15, 2025

Trump Gets Millions in Pro Bono Work, But Details Still Fuzzy

18 mins; April 08, 2025

Skadden Is Heading Down a 'Craven Path,' Associate Says

26 mins; April 01, 2025

Big Law Banker Sees ‘Mood Shift’ as Market Rebound Hopes Delayed

15 mins; March 27, 2025

How Law Firms Singled Out by EEOC for DEI Practices Can Respond

18 mins; March 25, 2025

M&A Activity Disappoints, But All's Not Lost for Deals Lawyers

19 mins; March 20, 2025

Trump's War on Big Law: 'No Firm Too Big to Be Attacked'

22 mins; March 17, 2025

Kirkland's Blackstone Connections Pay Off in Big Haul

13 mins; March 11, 2025

How the Anti-Bribery Law Pause Will Impact Companies and Big Law

20 mins; March 06, 2025

'Dirt Lawyers' to Megadeals: How Houston Became Big Law Hot Spot

20 mins; March 04, 2025

Agency Lawyers on the Job Market Should Think Broadly in Search

21 mins; February 25, 2025

How Sports Deals Became 'Sexy' at Leading Law Firms

15 mins; February 20, 2025

Musk Attacks, 'DExit' Worries Rattle America's Corporate Capital

15 mins; February 18, 2025

How Tom Goldstein's Risky Poker Habit Caught Up With the SCOTUSblog Founder

16 mins; February 13, 2025

Why Do Big Law Mergers Fall Short of Revenue Hopes?

14 mins; February 11, 2025

A Big Law Music Dealmaker Explores Future of the Business

19 mins; February 04, 2025

KPMG's Move to Practice Law in Arizona May Signal Paradigm Shift

16 mins; January 30, 2025

Oligarch Family's $3 Billion Feud Highlights Sanctions Gray Area

19 mins; January 28, 2025

What Big Law’s Top Deals Firm Expects for 2025 Markets

16 mins; January 21, 2025

Revisiting: California's Fight to Keep Homeowner Insurance Amid Wildfires (March 2024)

17 mins; January 16, 2025

Choose-Your-Billable-Hours Model May Be Future of Associate Pay

14 mins; January 14, 2025

Elon Musk's $56 Billion Bad Year in Delaware Court

26 mins; January 10, 2025

Politics, Pay, and New Players Are on Law Firms’ Radar in 2025

18 mins; January 07, 2025

Ex-Big Law Chair Teaches Students the Legal Business

11 mins; January 02, 2025

Bloomberg Law's Top 8 Notable News Stories of 2024

9 mins; December 24, 2024

As Lawyers Embrace the Side Hustle, How Should Firms Respond?

15 mins; December 19, 2024

Big Law Prepares for Trump Return as Crypto Sector Flexes Muscle

13 mins; December 17, 2024

Why a Deals Surge in 2025 May Not Be a Law Firm Boon

15 mins; December 10, 2024

As Non-Equity Partner Ranks Grow, Not All Lawyers Are Thrilled

12 mins; December 05, 2024

How to Negotiate a Billion-Dollar Law Firm Merger

14 mins; December 03, 2024

DEI Backlash: Companies Are Responding to Diversity Challenges

16 mins; November 26, 2024

How Quinn Emanuel Lawyers Save 50 Billable Hours With One Click

21 mins; November 17, 2024

Trump Judges 2.0: More Conservative, More Outsiders

18 mins; November 14, 2024

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