{
  "id": 16054,
  "url": "https://abovethelaw.com/2026/08/paul-weisss-multimillion-dollar-secret-deal-to-get-its-first-openly-trans-partner-out-of-the-firm",
  "title": "Paul, Weiss’s Multimillion-Dollar Secret Deal To Get Its First Openly Trans Partner Out Of The Firm",
  "summary": "Scott Barshay reportedly thought a transgender lawyer would spook clients. The firm's fix, per the New York Times, was to buy silence. The post Paul, Weiss’s Multimillion-Dollar Secret Deal To Get Its First Openly Trans Partner Out Of The Firm appeared first on Above the Law .",
  "authors": "Kathryn Rubino",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "regulation",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "us",
  "published_at": "2026-08-03T15:29:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-04T05:10:21.797Z",
  "source_slug": "x-above-the-law-legal-tech",
  "source_name": "Above the Law (legal tech)",
  "source_homepage": "https://abovethelaw.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16054",
  "original_url": "https://abovethelaw.com/2026/08/paul-weisss-multimillion-dollar-secret-deal-to-get-its-first-openly-trans-partner-out-of-the-firm",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}