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&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;Why Elie links to this drivel, I&amp;#8217;m not sure. (Although I might guess.) Someone called &amp;#8220;Lexpert&amp;#8221; takes a conspicuously ill-informed swipe at this year&amp;#8217;s Top 100 rankings:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span&gt;Vault seems to view the roller-coaster economy as an unimportant, if entertaining, side-show. How else do we explain the fact that the top five firms remain largely unchanged despite apparent changes in their hiring and professional practices?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Sigh. &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Let me try to explain this insoluble paradox: the top five firms remain &amp;#8220;largely unchanged&amp;#8221; (i.e., are the same) because they are still, overwhelmingly, considered the top 5 firms by a majority of the thousands of law firm associates who take the Vault survey.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Yes, of course, these firms were affected by the economic crisis.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Do you know who else was affected?&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Every other firm in the world&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;And nearly all of them to a greater degree than the top 5.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Did I just blow your mind, or what?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;As ever, the rankings are a pure function of the associate survey; Vault is only the messenger. To write, as Lexpert does, &quot;according to Vault&quot; or &quot;Vault seems to view&quot; is&amp;nbsp;one way of letting everyone know he couldn&#39;t be bothered to read the methodology.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;-posted by brian&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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