Above the Law's latest roundup leads with the observation that 12-hour days are "very much the Biglaw norm." The piece points to junior associates still at the office at 10pm as evidence of the standard schedule, suggesting that long hours are not an exception but an expected part of large-firm practice.
The same roundup also flags the first Milbank special bonus match arriving after two months, and quotes Laurence Tribe saying Trump wants to be "not just King Trump, but Emperor Trump," adding that even Versailles had limits. These items are separate from the hours story, but they appear together in the same legal news digest.
No other sources are included here, so the report reflects only Above the Law's framing. The central claim is straightforward: in Biglaw, 12-hour days remain the baseline expectation for associates.