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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.

Episode Date
Did Associates Who Quit Over Trump Deals Burn Big Law Bridges?
Aug 12, 2025
Risky Bet on Figma Paid Off Huge for Silicon Valley Law Firm
Aug 05, 2025
Why Susman Godfrey Lawyers Are Happy to Tackle Risky Litigation
Aug 01, 2025
Milbank Fights Trump DOJ, Despite Law Firm's White House Deal
Jul 29, 2025
DLA Piper Chief to Associates: Be Curious, Not 'Overly Partisan'
Jul 24, 2025
Fired Davis Polk Lawyer on Why He Criticized Trump, Palantir
Jul 22, 2025
Cahill’s Washer: ‘Rethinking Overall Strategy’ at Storied Firm
Jul 18, 2025
Law Firms Win When Shareholders Go to War With Their Companies
Jul 15, 2025
Big Law Has a New M&A Top Dog—Can It Keep Kirkland at Bay?
Jul 10, 2025
McDermott Chief Bets on 'Scale' With Schulte Merger
Jul 07, 2025
What Does the Future of DEI Programming for Law Firms Look Like?
Jul 01, 2025
Alternatives to Bar Exam Met With Dueling Relief and Skepticism
Jun 26, 2025
Foley & Lardner's CEO Doogal on the Beauty of Smaller Markets
Jun 24, 2025
The Mysterious Forces Behind Anti Litigation Finance Ad Blitz
Jun 17, 2025
Paul Weiss Post-Trump Deal Exits: Catastrophe or Set Back?
Jun 12, 2025
Bondi's Loss May Not Be the End of Attacks on the Bar
Jun 10, 2025
Karl Racine Breaks Down Latest Trends for State AG Practices
Jun 03, 2025
Some Summer Associates Are Unforgettable—But Not in a Good Way
May 29, 2025
The Law Firm That's Defying Trump on DEI Recruitment
May 20, 2025
Cutting Deals With Trump: Some Law Firms Win, Others Lose
May 15, 2025
Trump's War on Law Firms Puts In-House Counsel in Tough Spot
May 13, 2025
Trump's Law Firm Deals Now Clearer, but Still Far From Clear
May 08, 2025
100 Days of Uncertainty and Seismic Shifts in the Legal World
May 01, 2025
Trump's Attacks on Firms Scramble Law Students' Career Paths
Apr 29, 2025
If Trump Keeps Defying Courts, What's the Endgame for Judges?
Apr 22, 2025
Trump Orders Could Implode Law Firms With Frightening Speed
Apr 15, 2025
Trump Gets Millions in Pro Bono Work, But Details Still Fuzzy
Apr 08, 2025
Skadden Is Heading Down a 'Craven Path,' Associate Says
Apr 01, 2025
Big Law Banker Sees ‘Mood Shift’ as Market Rebound Hopes Delayed
Mar 27, 2025
How Law Firms Singled Out by EEOC for DEI Practices Can Respond
Mar 25, 2025
M&A Activity Disappoints, But All's Not Lost for Deals Lawyers
Mar 20, 2025
Trump's War on Big Law: 'No Firm Too Big to Be Attacked'
Mar 17, 2025
Kirkland's Blackstone Connections Pay Off in Big Haul
Mar 11, 2025
How the Anti-Bribery Law Pause Will Impact Companies and Big Law
Mar 06, 2025
'Dirt Lawyers' to Megadeals: How Houston Became Big Law Hot Spot
Mar 04, 2025
Agency Lawyers on the Job Market Should Think Broadly in Search
Feb 25, 2025
How Sports Deals Became 'Sexy' at Leading Law Firms
Feb 20, 2025
Musk Attacks, 'DExit' Worries Rattle America's Corporate Capital
Feb 18, 2025
How Tom Goldstein's Risky Poker Habit Caught Up With the SCOTUSblog Founder
Feb 13, 2025
Why Do Big Law Mergers Fall Short of Revenue Hopes?
Feb 11, 2025
A Big Law Music Dealmaker Explores Future of the Business
Feb 04, 2025
KPMG's Move to Practice Law in Arizona May Signal Paradigm Shift
Jan 30, 2025
Oligarch Family's $3 Billion Feud Highlights Sanctions Gray Area
Jan 28, 2025
What Big Law’s Top Deals Firm Expects for 2025 Markets
Jan 21, 2025
Revisiting: California's Fight to Keep Homeowner Insurance Amid Wildfires (March 2024)
Jan 16, 2025
Choose-Your-Billable-Hours Model May Be Future of Associate Pay
Jan 14, 2025
Elon Musk's $56 Billion Bad Year in Delaware Court
Jan 10, 2025
Politics, Pay, and New Players Are on Law Firms’ Radar in 2025
Jan 07, 2025
Ex-Big Law Chair Teaches Students the Legal Business
Jan 02, 2025
Bloomberg Law's Top 8 Notable News Stories of 2024
Dec 24, 2024
As Lawyers Embrace the Side Hustle, How Should Firms Respond?
Dec 19, 2024
Big Law Prepares for Trump Return as Crypto Sector Flexes Muscle
Dec 17, 2024
Why a Deals Surge in 2025 May Not Be a Law Firm Boon
Dec 10, 2024
As Non-Equity Partner Ranks Grow, Not All Lawyers Are Thrilled
Dec 05, 2024
How to Negotiate a Billion-Dollar Law Firm Merger
Dec 03, 2024
DEI Backlash: Companies Are Responding to Diversity Challenges
Nov 26, 2024
How Quinn Emanuel Lawyers Save 50 Billable Hours With One Click
Nov 17, 2024
Trump Judges 2.0: More Conservative, More Outsiders
Nov 14, 2024
Big Law Associates Waiting on a Milbank Bonus Match
Nov 12, 2024
How Antitrust Law Is Confronting the Housing Crisis
Nov 05, 2024
Tired of Partisan Noise? How NJ's High Court Finds Consensus
Oct 31, 2024
A Professor Says AI Can Help Solve Contract Disputes
Oct 29, 2024
Life After Chevron Is Starting to Come Into Focus
Oct 22, 2024
Fortress Dominates Litigation Finance—With Money and Intensity
Oct 17, 2024
Despite Disney, 'Infinite Arbitration' Not Going Away
Oct 15, 2024
Democrats Need More Than Money to Win in November
Oct 08, 2024
Kirkland Leaps Skadden as Big Law's Top Dealmaker Amid Cautiously Optimistic M&A Rally
Oct 03, 2024
Justice Alito's Recusals Shine Spotlight on His Stocks
Oct 01, 2024
Why EV Road Trips Can Still Trigger 'Range Anxiety'
Sep 25, 2024
How Law Firms Are Keeping DEI Opponents at Bay
Sep 20, 2024
Aspiring Environmental Lawyers Warming Up to Big Law
Sep 10, 2024
Can OpenAI Beat Lawsuits With Its 'Hacking' Defense?
Sep 06, 2024
How Tom Girardi Went From Celebrity Lawyer to Felon
Sep 03, 2024
Why Texas Business Court Will Struggle to Top Delaware
Aug 29, 2024
Can You Truly Be a Partner If You Don't Have Equity?
Aug 27, 2024
Bankruptcy Judge Scandal Still Very Far From Resolved
Aug 22, 2024
Judges' Workload Getting Worse—But Is Help On the Way?
Aug 20, 2024
Harris Likely Needs a Huge Win to Avoid a Senate Flip
Aug 15, 2024
When Lawyers Need a Malpractice Lawyer, They Call Him
Aug 13, 2024
Kirkland Masters Forum Shopping in Bankruptcy Cases
Aug 08, 2024
Litigation Finance Rules Won't Apply to Many Cases
Aug 06, 2024
Big Law Is All In for Harris While Trump Goes Boutique
Aug 01, 2024
Kirkland Fights Poachers as Legal Market Rebounds
Jul 30, 2024
What to Do When a Bad Judge Is Your Bad Boss
Jul 25, 2024
Programming Note & UnCommon Law Episode: AI Trained on Famous Authors’ Copyrighted Work. They Want Revenge – Part 1
May 03, 2024
California's New Mental Health Court Starting Off Slow
Apr 30, 2024
Weed Testing for Workers May Not Be Worth It Anymore
Apr 23, 2024
DOJ Prosecutor Wants to Make Antitrust Relatable
Apr 18, 2024
Who's to Blame for Commerce Department Billing Mess?
Apr 09, 2024
Can Title VI Protect Jewish Students? Lawsuits Challenge Campus Antisemitism
Apr 05, 2024
Russian Bankruptcy Sheds Light on Litigation Finance
Apr 02, 2024
California Fights to Keep Insurers Despite Fire Risk
Mar 26, 2024
Why Are Lawyers Still Making Bad AI Mistakes?
Mar 21, 2024
Law Firms Need to Be Aware of Neurodivergence Trend
Mar 19, 2024
How a Rare Toad Species Stopped a Clean Energy Project
Mar 12, 2024
IVF Access Still in Spotlight Despite New Alabama Law
Mar 07, 2024
Too Fast, Too Soon: The Tale of a SPAC Gone Wrong
Mar 05, 2024
NCAA Goes to Congress to Snap Its Legal Losing Streak
Feb 27, 2024
Toxic Politics Makes White Collar Defense Work Harder
Feb 22, 2024
Can't Afford a Lawyer? AI Might Be the Solution
Feb 20, 2024
Big Law Tilts Liberal—But How Much Does It Matter?
Feb 13, 2024
Musk Can Fume, But He Probably Can't Leave Delaware
Feb 08, 2024
Races to Watch As 2024 Congressional Primaries Begin
Feb 06, 2024
Legal Malpractice Suits on the Rise, Led by Musk, 3M
Jan 30, 2024
AI Panic or Real Threat? Campaign Ads and New Tech
Jan 25, 2024
Despite Law, Many Civil Rights Killings Stay Unsolved
Jan 23, 2024
Giuliani, Alex Jones and the Pipeline Into Bankruptcy
Jan 16, 2024
More Time in the Office Might Mean Less Diversity
Jan 11, 2024
'Chapter 22': Why Some Companies Are Filing for Bankruptcy Twice
Jan 10, 2024
Capitol Riot Still Affecting Lives and Legislation
Jan 02, 2024
Threats Increase, But System to Protect Judges Falters
Dec 12, 2023
Judge's Mental Health Leave Sets Example for Legal Biz
Dec 05, 2023
The Untold Story of When "Shoeless" Joe Sued His Team
Nov 28, 2023
Climate Change Fuels Texas Boom Towns' Water Worries
Nov 21, 2023
Feral Hogs Another Flashpoint in Partisan Funding Wars
Nov 14, 2023
Bankman-Fried's Legal Woes Don't End With a Verdict
Nov 07, 2023
With Billions at Stake, Bogus Camp Lejeune Leads Rise
Oct 31, 2023
Redistricting Wars Add Uncertainty to 2024 Election
Oct 24, 2023
For Striking Autoworkers, It's Deal or No Deal Time
Oct 17, 2023
Shutdown Averted, But Messy Weeks Ahead For Congress
Oct 03, 2023
Death Row Defendants Find Few Wins at Supreme Court
Sep 26, 2023
Big Law DEI Under Attack From Affirmative Action Foe
Sep 19, 2023
Pharma Gets Creative in Suits Against New Medicare Law
Sep 12, 2023
Many Federal Courts Have Never Had a Black Judge
Sep 05, 2023
DeSantis Is the Top Choice for GOP Lawyers, But Why?
Aug 15, 2023
Cheap Clothes and Big Lawsuits in Ultra Fast Fashion
Aug 09, 2023
Insurance Hot New Trend For Social Media Influencers
Aug 01, 2023
'Corporate Traumas' Are Making Shareholders Lawyer Up
Jul 25, 2023
Judge Newman Speaks: 96-Year-Old Fights Push to Oust Her
Jul 18, 2023
FEMA Straining Under the Weight of Non-Stop Disasters
Jul 12, 2023
Congress Mostly Silent on Abortion Despite No More Roe
Jun 27, 2023
Big Law Hiring Slump Affecting Partners and Associates
Jun 20, 2023
Saudi Golf Deal May Need Army of Lobbyists to Survive
Jun 13, 2023
Biden Admin Escalating Its War on Noncompete Pacts
Jun 06, 2023
Facial Recognition Tech: Are Total Bans the Best Move?
May 16, 2023
Writers Strike Over AI May Not Have A Happy Ending
May 09, 2023
Solutions to Border Problem Seem Further Off Than Ever
May 02, 2023
The Ugly Fight Over A Federal Judge's Retirement
Apr 25, 2023
How Governments Profit From Selling Foreclosed Homes
Apr 18, 2023
Dueling Rulings Show Abortion Law Is Murkier Than Ever
Apr 11, 2023
US Losing Arms Race in GPS-Field It Once Dominated
Apr 05, 2023
Money Is Moving Too Fast for Banks. What's the Answer?
Mar 28, 2023
Crypto Winter Means Hard Work for Bankruptcy Lawyers
Mar 21, 2023
Not Just Britney: Guardianship System Rife With Abuse
Mar 14, 2023
WEEKEND LISTEN: Guardians’ Dark Side: Lax Rules Open the Vulnerable to Abuse
Mar 11, 2023
Insurers Sue Their Own Clients to Dodge PFAS Claims
Mar 08, 2023
McCarthy Looks to 'The Godfather' to Unite House GOP
Feb 28, 2023
Racist Lawyer Case Puts Fair Representation To the Test
Feb 14, 2023
With Antitrust Exemption, MLB Still Only Game in Town
Feb 07, 2023
Mass Tort Advertising Now an Industry Unto Itself
Jan 31, 2023
Ohio Corruption Case Asks, Is It Bribery or Donation?
Jan 24, 2023
Investors' Timeline to Sue Grows in New Opioid Ruling
Jan 17, 2023
FDA Knows About Toxins in Baby Food But Can't Fix It
Jan 10, 2023
Affirmative Action's Unlikely Path to Surviving SCOTUS
Jan 03, 2023
GOP AGs Target Judges to Thwart Biden Administration
Dec 20, 2022
Despite Defections, Law School Rankings Alive and Well
Dec 13, 2022
Amid Stonewalling, Whistleblower Tips to SEC Dry Up
Dec 06, 2022
Elections Now Happen in Both Ballot Boxes and Courts
Nov 29, 2022
Why Big Law Layoffs Aren't a Return to the Dark Days
Nov 15, 2022
Lawyers Give More Time, Less Cash This Election Cycle
Nov 08, 2022
Musk Gravitates To Lawyers Who Share His Personality
Nov 01, 2022
No Address, No HQ: Feds Weigh How to Serve Crypto Group
Oct 25, 2022
Is Judge's Yale Boycott A Sign of 'Supreme' Ambitions?
Oct 18, 2022
How Jones Day Became Trump's Favorite Law Firm
Oct 04, 2022
GCs: Pay Transparency Laws Are Coming, Ready or Not
Sep 27, 2022
Big Law Gender Gap: Re-imagining the Legal Workforce
Sep 21, 2022
New ATF Chief on Fighting Gun Violence With Big Data
Sep 13, 2022
Dr. Fauci on What's Next After 54-Year Stint at NIH
Sep 06, 2022
What Happens to Forgiven Loans if Biden Loses in Court?
Aug 30, 2022
Why Can't Tesla Keep Its Top Lawyer?
Aug 23, 2022
Dewey & LeBoeuf's Implosion: A New Documentary Explores What Happened
Aug 02, 2022
Has SEC Tips Program Stopped Next Madoff? No One Knows
Jul 26, 2022
Musk's Twitter Drama May Not Be the Last Disputed Deal
Jul 19, 2022
SCOTUS Abortion Ruling Roils Corporations and Big Law
Jul 12, 2022
Clement Defection Raises Questions on Client Loyalty
Jun 28, 2022
Seth Green’s Stolen ‘Bored Ape’ NFT Saga Ends Without Case Law
Jun 14, 2022
John Quinn On Why Big Law Should 'Work From Anywhere'
Jun 07, 2022
Alex Ruoff reads his story on the right-to-try fight over psychedelics
Jun 04, 2022
Can Prosecutors Indict Trump Over 2020 Election Claims?
May 24, 2022
Crypto's Crashing, But Big Law Still Loves Its Clients
May 17, 2022
Fauci Heads to Capitol Hill For More Covid Funding
May 10, 2022
Supreme Court Leak May Start a New Era for Justices
May 03, 2022
Pandora, Spotify Face Comics' Costly Copyright Suits
Apr 26, 2022
On Abortion, Red States Not Waiting for Supreme Court
Apr 19, 2022
Women Struggle to Bring Equal Pay Suits to Court
Apr 12, 2022
ESG Investors Get Big Win With New SEC Climate Rule
Mar 29, 2022
Apple Litigation Is Very Lucrative for Some Firms
Mar 28, 2022
Jackson Defends Her Defense Work in Senate Hearings
Mar 22, 2022
War in Ukraine and Life-or-Death Choices for Big Law
Mar 08, 2022
Bloomberg Law's Story on Women and the Partner Track [Narrated Article]
Mar 05, 2022
Trump's Multidimensional Legal Peril Drags Into 2022
Mar 01, 2022
Bloomberg Law's Profile of Kirkland & Ellis [Narrated Article]
Feb 19, 2022
EV Charger Locations Might Make 'Filling Up' Tricky
Feb 15, 2022
NFL's Flores Suit Illuminates Limits of Rooney Rule
Feb 08, 2022
NYC's Broken Property Tax System Causing Real Pain
Feb 01, 2022
Breyer's Clerks Recall 'Happy Warrior'
Jan 27, 2022
Diversity & Disability: A Live Legal Discussion
Jan 25, 2022
Cravath, Kirkland, Other Titans Have Another Huge Year
Jan 11, 2022
Covid Disability Claims Get Some Clarity, But Not Much
Jan 04, 2022
Competing Climate Rules Worry Federal Contractors
Dec 21, 2021
Amazon Is Front of Mind for New Teamsters President
Dec 15, 2021
Legal Business Gatekeepers Cling to Their Bar Exam
Dec 07, 2021
Abortion Debate Reaches Crescendo at Supreme Court
Nov 30, 2021
GE Breakup Presents Tons of Logistical, Legal Issues
Nov 16, 2021
Reexamining the Bar Exam
Nov 09, 2021
Beveridge's Ben Wilson Speaks From Giants' Shoulders
Nov 03, 2021
Can Convicted 'Varsity Blues' Parents Win on Appeal?
Oct 26, 2021
Big Law's Addiction to 'Prestige' Numbed by Pandemic
Oct 19, 2021
Bonus: Future of Wages for Disabled Workers
Oct 16, 2021
Can Employers Ask Candidates About Vaccination Status?
Oct 05, 2021
Supreme Court's Texas Abortion Ruling Spurs Lawsuits
Sep 28, 2021
Alan Albright, the Go-To Judge for Patent Cases, Speaks
Sep 21, 2021
How Mandates, Covid-19 Testing, and Surcharges Work
Sep 14, 2021
Avoiding a Britney Spears' Conservatorship Situation
Aug 31, 2021
California's Lawsuit Against Activision Blizzard
Aug 24, 2021
Lydia Wheeler reads her story about long-covid victims struggles with insurance
Aug 24, 2021
Bar Exam Has Got to Go, Law School Dean Says
Aug 03, 2021
The Morgan Stanley Memo: What A Law Firm Client Wants
Jul 27, 2021
Voter Fraud Prosecution Data Undermines Claims
Jul 20, 2021
Rudy Giuliani's Law License Suspension, Explained
Jul 13, 2021
Amy Chua's Side of the Story: The Yale Law Prof Speaks
Jul 07, 2021
Big Law Sees Risks, Rewards in Police Monitor Roles
Jun 29, 2021
Judge's Anger Can Only Be Expressed Via Emojis
Jun 26, 2021
Associates Raking in the Big Bucks But at What Cost?
Jun 22, 2021
Trump’s Top Lawyers Are Slow to Land in Private Sector
Jun 15, 2021
Bobby Magill Reads His Story on Mining and Trump's Waters Rule
Jun 12, 2021
Some Employers Mandate Covid-19 Vaccine and Get Sued
Jun 08, 2021
Eric Holder on Diversifying the Judiciary
Jun 01, 2021
Taylor Swift, 'Lion King' Cited in Judge's Opinions
May 29, 2021
Behind the Music: Lawyers, Hip Hop Artists & IP Rights
May 25, 2021
Holly Barker Reads Her Story on Aging Lawyers and Dementia
May 22, 2021
Aging Lawyers and Dementia: A Looming Problem
May 18, 2021
Readers Reply to Column Critical of 'Old White Men'
May 15, 2021
'Long Covid' Exposes Mental Health Care Frustrations
May 04, 2021
Children of H-1B Visa Holders Hope for Legislation
Apr 27, 2021
Do Employees Have a Right to Work From Home?
Apr 20, 2021
Judge Wallach Pulls No Punches in Exit Interview
Apr 13, 2021
Gig Economy's Future Looks Less Rosy in California
Apr 06, 2021
Warren Buffett's Company Runs Without In-House Lawyers
Mar 30, 2021
Kirkland & Ellis Dominated Bankruptcy in 2020; Anti-Asian racism and the legal industry.
Mar 23, 2021
Bar Exams Facing Existential Crises After Pandemic
Mar 16, 2021
Tipped Workers Face Long Odds in Minimum Wage Fight
Mar 09, 2021
Covid Vaccine & Personal Data: Does HIPAA Still Matter?
Mar 02, 2021
Introducing: On The Merits from Bloomberg Law
Feb 22, 2021
Sally Yates: Live from Bloomberg Law's In-House Forum
Nov 23, 2018
Richard Nixon's Big Law Years in NYC
Aug 23, 2018
Making ‘RBG,’ the Documentary About Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
May 04, 2018
Jad Abumrad on Making Supreme Court Cases Dance
Feb 28, 2018
Live from Big Law Business Summit-West
Nov 30, 2017
Why Women Leave Big Law to Start Their Own Firms (Episode 2 of 2)
Sep 18, 2017
Why Women Leave Big Law to Start Their Own Firms (Episode 1 of 2)
Sep 18, 2017
Big Law Banker ‘Pleasantly Surprised’ By Law Firm Financials
Sep 01, 2017
Judge Scheindlin on ‘Gender Disparity’ and Imbalance in Big Law
Aug 17, 2017
How Marc Kasowitz’s Law Firm Does Business
Jul 14, 2017
Not All Law Firms ‘Are Going to Make it’ Says Morgan Stanley’s Top Lawyer
May 31, 2017
Judge Rakoff: “Fierce” Competition Has Changed Law Firms For The Worse
May 03, 2017
Hogan Lovells’ CEO & Akin Gump’s Chair Interview Each Other
Apr 28, 2017
Inside Jones Day: Cleveland, 1893 to Donald Trump
Mar 17, 2017
Journalist Who Broke Akin Gump Partner Arrest Story
Feb 09, 2017
Norton Rose Fulbright and Chadbourne & Parke: Megafirm About to Get Bigger?
Feb 03, 2017
Death Row & Billable Hours: Balancing Pro Bono in Big Law
Dec 07, 2016
Arnold & Porter and Kaye Scholer to Merge After All
Nov 10, 2016
Supreme Court Advocates Verrilli & Clement Join Big Law Firms
Oct 04, 2016
Gibson Dunn: The Firm You Call When You're In The Soup
Aug 17, 2016
Brexit's Toll on the Business of Law
Jul 15, 2016
The Great Associate Salary Raises of 2016
Jul 08, 2016
Aric Press on Legal Journalism, Law Firm Rankings & His Career
Jun 20, 2016
Peter Lattman: The Exit Interview
Apr 07, 2016
K&L Gates and ‘The Shark Tank of Law Firms’
Mar 17, 2016
Was Scalia Too Good for Big Law?
Mar 01, 2016
When 22 Big Law Partners Head for the Exit Together
Feb 09, 2016
Does Big Law Have an Old Girl Network?
Jan 20, 2016
The Biggest Business of Law Stories of 2015
Jan 03, 2016