Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Apr 17, 2023)

Recent reports on lateral hires, financial data, salaries, and hiring trends in BigLaw.

• "In Talent Tug-of-War, Law Firms Make Surgical Cuts and Future Investments," The American Lawyer

• "Large Law Firm M&A Returned With A Bang In First Quarter," Law360

• "Big law firms quicker to merge in 2023 so far, report shows," Reuters

• "As Big Law Merger Momentum Continues, Armstrong Teasdale Combines With Chicago Boutique," Law.com

• "Kirkland & Ellis Lays Off Associates Across US Offices," Bloomberg Law

• "Kirkland's Latest Cuts Targeted Even Busy Associates," The American Lawyer

• "Kirkland Scores Another Record Financial Year, Conducts 'Not Layoffs' Anyway," Above the Law

• "Gunderson Lays Off 10% of Attorneys and Staff," Law.com

• "Silicon Valley's Gunderson Lays Off Attorneys Across Offices," Bloomberg Law

• "Biglaw Firm Lays Off 10% Of Its Workforce, May Defer Incoming Associates," Above the Law

• "Law firm layoffs spread as cooling economy keeps clients wary," Reuters

• "The Law Firm Mid-Market Is a Thing," The American Lawyer

• "Paralegals Flocking to Legal Ops, But They're Often Shortchanged on Pay," Law.com

• "Big Law Layoffs are Resulting in Problematic Severance Agreements for Job-Hunting Lawyers," The American Lawyer

• "First-Year Associates Caught in the Crosshairs of Big Law's Latest Layoffs," The Recorder

• "Leadership Training for Lawyers Is Time Well Spent," The Legal Intelligencer

• "A.I. Is Coming for Lawyers, Again," The New York Times

• "Cooley Delays Start Date for Next Crop of First-Year Associates," Bloomberg Law

• "Cooley Deferred Its Incoming Class. Will Others Jump on the Bandwagon or Hold the Line?," The American Lawyer

• "3 Ways Associates Can Rebound After A Layoff," Law360

• "The Economic Lever That Brings Nonequity Partners Down," Law360

• "Law firm Shearman & Sterling lays off more staff," Reuters

• "Am Law 100 Firms Reconsider the 'Givens' in Their Expense Budgets," The American Lawyer

• "Elite Biglaw Firm Goes Out Of Its Way To Reassure First-Year Associates Their Jobs Are Safe," Above the Law

• "EY Steps Back, And Big Law Can Sigh in Relief," Law.com

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