An anonymous source claims Scott Edelman (Millbank's chairman) declared 'cravath' is irrelevant and associate comp should now be known as the "Milbank scale" since Neil Barr was a poor man's Bezoz who didn't have the stones or revenue to come over the top.

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I hope Cravath is so offended by this they increase the scale. Otherwise, how embarrassing for them ….

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I heard he said “Cravath is dead, Milbank lives.” I’m not familiar with the reference but it seemed like some kind of taunt.

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