Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (May 11, 2015)

Recent reports on lateral hires, financial data, salaries, and hiring trends in BigLaw. Financial Data & Rankings

• “Firms Seek New Ways to Respond to Shrinking Bankruptcy Filings,” The Am Law Daily
• "Will we see a $10 billion Law Firm?,” Bloomberg BNA
• “The 2015 Am Law 100: Rich and Richer,” The American Lawyer
• “Firms Ranked by Gross Revenue,” The American Lawyer
• “Am Law 100 Analysis: The Superrich Firms Pull Away,” The American Lawyer
• “Latham Becomes the New No. 1,” The American Lawyer
• “Firms Ranked by Profits Per Lawyer, The American Lawyer
• “The Am Law 100: Introducing Our New Profits Metric,” The American Lawyer
• “Am Law 100 Analysis: The Year’s Hottest Markets,” The American Lawyer
• “Thinking Beyond the Am Law 100 Rankings,” Am Law Daily
• Firm Leaders Expect Corporate Work to Drive Revenue," New York Law Journal

Year-end Law Firm Financial Results Roundup

• “Fox Rothschild Grows Revenue 10 Percent, PPP 1.6 Percent,” The Legal Intelligencer
• “McKenna’s Revenue, Profit Dive From Lawyer Losses in Year Before Dentons Merger,” The Daily Report

Firm Management & Mergers

• “Norton Rose Fulbright Names New Global Chair,” The Am Law Daily
• “Software Eats the Legal Profession,” Lawyering Blog
• “Law Firm 3.0: Information Changing Law Firm Models,” Legal Intelligencer
• “The Shifting Economic Center of Gravity,” Bloomberg BNA
• “Cozen O’Connor to Acquire Bulk of Chicago Firm,” The Legal Intelligencer
• "Am Law 100 Analysis: The Year's Hottest Markets," The American Lawyer
• "Citi Report: Law Firm Expenses Outpace Revenue in First Quarter," Am Law Daily

Lateral Hires & Influential Lawyers

• "The National Law Journal's Outstanding Women Lawyers," The National Law Journal
• "A Career of Advancing Women in the Law," The National Law Journal
• "6 Tips For Smarter Lateral Hiring," Above the Law