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Weil Gotshal, Once a Legal Powerhouse, Plans to Dissolve

The prominent law firm has been rocked by an exodus of high-profile lawyers, a failed succession plan and a scuttled deal to merge with a rival firm.

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Founded nearly a century ago, Weil Gotshal was once the marquee for bankruptcy advice but has more recently had difficulty competing with giant law firms.
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How to Straddle the MAGA Divide

Beth Wilkinson is a Washington lawyer who has thrived representing the Trump administration’s enemies and allies alike. Does she represent a vanishing type?

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Unsealed O.J. Simpson Records Prompt a Request for a New Investigation

Tanya Brown said she believed someone helped O.J. Simpson get rid of the murder weapon. One of Mr. Simpson’s former lawyers called for a special prosecutor.

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O.J. Simpson addressing the court at his double murder trial in Los Angeles in 1995.
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