This argument by in the article is silly. One of the founders of Blackbird came from Kirkland. Kirkland's profit per partner is $4m per year in the last year.

This argument by in the article is silly. One of the founders of Blackbird came from Kirkland. Kirkland's profit per partner is $4m per year in the last year. So the Blackbird lawyer is forgoing the opporunity to participate in this income to pursue this case (and may others). (Granted, income is not distributed equally in most firms, but to imply that the next best alternative for these lawyers is zero income doesn't help the article's credibility.)