Winston & Strawn Launches Miami Office, Hiring 6 Local Big Law Partners ift.tt/w3hC5v2

Big Miami news today: Kirkland & Ellis and Winston & Strawn announced Miami offices Thursday morning. Winston hired local and signed a lease, while Kirkland relocated partners with a physical office planned for summer Law.com law.com/americanlawyer… law.com/americanlawyer…

Comments from our Co-Founder Scott Yaccarino for Law.com & Dan Roe's coverage of the Miami legal market: "There is a bigger, broader role that firms like Kirkland & Ellis also play in connecting clients and serving as an intermediary..." law.com/dailybusinessr…

Step 1: Value your company at $32.6 billion Step 2: Issue yourself 2.1 billion of 3.2 billion total shares at $10 each Step 3: Lose 90% of your value after de-SPAC as share price tanks to $1 Step 4: You now have $2.1 billion The American Lawyer Daily Business Review law.com/americanlawyer…

Texas Republicans threaten Sidley Austin partners with felony prosecution and disbarment after the firm said it would reimburse travel costs for employees seeking abortions. Pending litigation also seeks to identify employees who already broke Texas law: law.com/americanlawyer…

Great coverage of the rapid expansion of the Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP 🇺🇸 Miami office! Dan Roe writes for The American Lawyer on what we’ve achieved in our first year in the Magic City. Read on Law.com: law.com/americanlawyer…

“I don’t know how smart it is to go after a bunch of lawyers,” said an Am Law 100 managing partner in response to Texas Republicans' threats to Sidley Austin: law.com/americanlawyer…

$2,000/hour is becoming the new standard for Big Law bankruptcy rates as Kirkland & Weil are surpassed by Latham, Paul Weiss, Hogan, and Quinn Emanuel The American Lawyer law.com/americanlawyer…

What does #legaltalent really want from law firms? An #allstar panel discusses: Gina Passarella & Dan Roe of The American Lawyer, Patrick Fuller of ALM Intelligence, our own @mindfullyemily, Alex Su of Ironclad, and Corrine Irish of Squire Patton Boggs: ow.ly/692250K7rJT

Scoop: Greenberg Traurig Miami associates received $5,000 to $10,000 mid-year bonuses this summer, while other GT offices (and most of the Am Law 100) didn't get bonuses: law.com/dailybusinessr…

Embattled Crypto Lawyer Kyle Roche Confronts the Rules of Professional Conduct ift.tt/ikPWGyn

The stock market of litigation finance isn't here yet, but Ryval's ILO proved retail investors will buy tradable shares of individual lawsuits to spite defendants. What that means for litigation funding, an industry built on gatekeeping and discretion: law.com/americanlawyer…

I’m happy to announce that I just spent my first week ALM Global where I’ll be covering law firms in South Florida for Daily Business Review Feel free to send tips and story ideas my way.

Law firm Jones Day has earned more than $100 million on controversial legal maneuver designed to shield big companies from product liability. law.com/americanlawyer…

Thanks Rob for the idea. Turns out there are $1,000/hr second-years elsewhere in the Am Law 200: law.com/americanlawyer…

Can Big Law Offices in Secondary Markets Succeed on Talent Alone? Salt Lake Offers Clues at.law.com/x6KyNf?cmp=sha… via The American Lawyer Dan Roe

LifeWallet is "almost certainly" under investigation by the SEC after restating its post-IPO financials, according to a former SEC senior trial lawyer The American Lawyer Law.com law.com/americanlawyer…

John Ruiz's LifeWallet Confirms Grand Jury, SEC Investigations ow.ly/YBan104Q07I

John Ruiz's @LifeWallet faces Nasdaq delisting if the company can't boost its stock price with a reverse stock split, per a Friday SEC filing Daily Business Review Law.com law.com/dailybusinessr…