On The Merits

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Business News #39

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

Recent Episodes
  • 100 Days of Uncertainty and Seismic Shifts in the Legal World
    May 1, 2025 – 18:55
  • Trump's Attacks on Firms Scramble Law Students' Career Paths
    Apr 29, 2025 – 13:05
  • If Trump Keeps Defying Courts, What's the Endgame for Judges?
    Apr 22, 2025 – 19:45
  • Trump Orders Could Implode Law Firms With Frightening Speed
    Apr 15, 2025 – 24:23
  • Trump Gets Millions in Pro Bono Work, But Details Still Fuzzy
    Apr 8, 2025 – 18:03
  • Skadden Is Heading Down a 'Craven Path,' Associate Says
    Apr 1, 2025 – 26:23
  • Big Law Banker Sees ‘Mood Shift’ as Market Rebound Hopes Delayed
    Mar 27, 2025 – 15:35
  • How Law Firms Singled Out by EEOC for DEI Practices Can Respond
    Mar 25, 2025 – 18:17
  • M&A Activity Disappoints, But All's Not Lost for Deals Lawyers
    Mar 20, 2025 – 19:35
  • Trump's War on Big Law: 'No Firm Too Big to Be Attacked'
    Mar 17, 2025 – 22:04
  • Kirkland's Blackstone Connections Pay Off in Big Haul
    Mar 11, 2025 – 13:03
  • How the Anti-Bribery Law Pause Will Impact Companies and Big Law
    Mar 6, 2025 – 20:44
  • 'Dirt Lawyers' to Megadeals: How Houston Became Big Law Hot Spot
    Mar 4, 2025 – 20:24
  • Agency Lawyers on the Job Market Should Think Broadly in Search
    Feb 25, 2025 – 21:11
  • How Sports Deals Became 'Sexy' at Leading Law Firms
    Feb 20, 2025 – 15:10
  • Musk Attacks, 'DExit' Worries Rattle America's Corporate Capital
    Feb 18, 2025 – 15:57
  • How Tom Goldstein's Risky Poker Habit Caught Up With the SCOTUSblog Founder
    Feb 13, 2025 – 16:21
  • Why Do Big Law Mergers Fall Short of Revenue Hopes?
    Feb 11, 2025 – 14:59
  • A Big Law Music Dealmaker Explores Future of the Business
    Feb 4, 2025 – 19:39
  • KPMG's Move to Practice Law in Arizona May Signal Paradigm Shift
    Jan 30, 2025 – 16:49
  • Oligarch Family's $3 Billion Feud Highlights Sanctions Gray Area
    Jan 28, 2025 – 19:15
  • What Big Law’s Top Deals Firm Expects for 2025 Markets
    Jan 21, 2025 – 16:55
  • Revisiting: California's Fight to Keep Homeowner Insurance Amid Wildfires (March 2024)
    Jan 16, 2025 – 17:35
  • Choose-Your-Billable-Hours Model May Be Future of Associate Pay
    Jan 14, 2025 – 14:00
  • Elon Musk's $56 Billion Bad Year in Delaware Court
    Jan 10, 2025 – 26:15
  • Politics, Pay, and New Players Are on Law Firms’ Radar in 2025
    Jan 7, 2025 – 18:09
  • Ex-Big Law Chair Teaches Students the Legal Business
    Jan 2, 2025 – 11:50
  • Bloomberg Law's Top 8 Notable News Stories of 2024
    Dec 24, 2024 – 09:23
  • As Lawyers Embrace the Side Hustle, How Should Firms Respond?
    Dec 19, 2024 – 15:23
  • Big Law Prepares for Trump Return as Crypto Sector Flexes Muscle
    Dec 17, 2024 – 13:46
  • Why a Deals Surge in 2025 May Not Be a Law Firm Boon
    Dec 10, 2024 – 15:29
  • As Non-Equity Partner Ranks Grow, Not All Lawyers Are Thrilled
    Dec 5, 2024 – 12:55
  • How to Negotiate a Billion-Dollar Law Firm Merger
    Dec 3, 2024 – 14:10
  • DEI Backlash: Companies Are Responding to Diversity Challenges
    Nov 26, 2024 – 16:43
  • How Quinn Emanuel Lawyers Save 50 Billable Hours With One Click
    Nov 17, 2024 – 21:35
  • Trump Judges 2.0: More Conservative, More Outsiders
    Nov 14, 2024 – 18:04
  • Big Law Associates Waiting on a Milbank Bonus Match
    Nov 12, 2024 – 15:44
  • How Antitrust Law Is Confronting the Housing Crisis
    Nov 5, 2024 – 14:26
  • Tired of Partisan Noise? How NJ's High Court Finds Consensus
    Oct 31, 2024 – 16:39
  • A Professor Says AI Can Help Solve Contract Disputes
    Oct 29, 2024 – 14:25
  • Life After Chevron Is Starting to Come Into Focus
    Oct 22, 2024 – 13:07
  • Fortress Dominates Litigation Finance—With Money and Intensity
    Oct 17, 2024 – 14:33
  • Despite Disney, 'Infinite Arbitration' Not Going Away
    Oct 15, 2024 – 17:53
  • Democrats Need More Than Money to Win in November
    Oct 8, 2024 – 14:47
  • Kirkland Leaps Skadden as Big Law's Top Dealmaker Amid Cautiously Optimistic M&A Rally
    Oct 3, 2024 – 11:06
  • Justice Alito's Recusals Shine Spotlight on His Stocks
    Oct 1, 2024 – 16:56
  • Why EV Road Trips Can Still Trigger 'Range Anxiety'
    Sep 25, 2024 – 17:05
  • How Law Firms Are Keeping DEI Opponents at Bay
    Sep 20, 2024 – 15:06
  • Aspiring Environmental Lawyers Warming Up to Big Law
    Sep 10, 2024 – 13:29
  • Can OpenAI Beat Lawsuits With Its 'Hacking' Defense?
    Sep 6, 2024 – 14:24
Recent Reviews
  • Didi Sug
    Excellent!
    Always insightful and informative. The journalists do a great job explaining recent and intriguing issues!
  • Leea1776
    Journalists with an Agenda Spitting Propaganda
    Journalists with no legal education seeing things through partisan and ideological lenses and distorting legal arguments to promote their world view. Good example of propaganda and fake journalism. Listen if you want to listen to bad journalism and see examples of propaganda
  • Here4youguys
    So Broad As To Be Useless
    This covers such a wide range of topics perhaps 1/7 episodes is of interest to a practitioner. I wish they did more industry specific podcasts like one for mass tort, one for securities litigation, etc.
  • SaraSharpEsq
    Seems good!
    Seems like a decent podcast but I couldn’t focus because the audio was so terrible
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