The new Vault 100 shows a major dip for Paul Weiss - not even in the top 10.
And every top-10 firm that settled with the Trump administration this year (Skadden, Latham, Kirkland, Milbank, Simpson Thacher) saw its average prestige score fall, while roughly 60% of the wider Vault 100 went up.
Gibson Dunn jumped three to No. 8, Sullivan & Cromwell edged past Kirkland into the top five.
Does a Vault drop genuinely move anything (OCI, laterals) or is it pure vanity? And is it just because of the Trump deals or something else?