Above the Law's latest post zeroes in on a Biglaw co-founder whose side project had geopolitical consequences. According to the article, he 'flipped a canal route, split a country from Colombia, and billed accordingly.' The summary frames the work as engineering a revolution — a venture that reshaped a national border and generated legal fees.
The brief report does not name the lawyer or the firm in the teaser, nor does it offer details about the billing. What it signals is that the founder's involvement was not merely advisory; the phrase 'billed accordingly' suggests the revolutionary effort was treated as work product.
For law-and-policy readers, the episode is a reminder that some of the most consequential legal work in history doubled as nation-building. The source provides a snapshot, but the image is striking: a lawyer with a side project that changed a map.