Is the management at Wachtell Lipton borrowing a page from the Amazon playbook? Or is the obscenely lucrative firm losing control of its troops? Could it be that its brilliant, famously hardworking young lawyers are not quite as dedicated to work as their elders? Instead of grinding away on the latest earth-shattering deals, are the young’ns goofing off—taking walks on the beach, reading novels or spending time with loved ones?
The partners at Wachtell must smell a slacker in the ranks because it recently announced a new program to monitor the whereabouts of its lawyers. Above the Law‘s David Lat, a former Wachtell associate, broke the story. He says the firm is going “big brother” on its lawyers.
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