As kids, magic was always one of those things that grabbed your attention. Many a good trick has involved sleight of hand and disappearance. Maybe a bird flies or a volunteer gets cut in half. But the stuff that really gets me? Duplication and copying. The trick is not where did it go, but where did it come from?! And Clifford Chance, an illustrious member of the Magic Circle, has made Cravath’s year-end bonus and Davis Polk’s new special bonus magically appear.
I wonder what other tricks they have up their sleeves? Umbrellas that dry on their own? I hear it rains a bit in London.
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Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.