Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Dec 11, 2023)

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

• "Punching In: DOL Moves Ahead With In-Office Mandate for Staffers," Bloomberg Law

• "Sandra Day O'Connor Broke Legal Profession's Glass Ceiling," Bloomberg Law

• "Ahead of the Curve: Calling Her 'a Force and a Standard,' Legal Academics Pay Tribute to Justice O'Connor," Law.com

• "O'Connor Taught Clerks to Think Broadly About the Law, Themselves," Bloomberg Law

• "'Watershed Moment': Female Federal Judges Reflect on O'Connor's SCOTUS Appointment, Legacy," Law.com

• "The Ripple Effects Flowing Through the Global Legal Industry," Law.com International

• "Unpacking the New Competition Act Provisions in an Employment Law Context," Lexpert

• "Law Firm Closures and Mergers Underscore Succession Planning Challenges," The National Law Journal

• "In-House Workload Grows as Staff, Outside Spending Shrink," Corporate Counsel

• "Obstacles, opportunities await US law firms in 2024 — report," Reuters

• "Pay Transparency Emboldens Workers as Companies Strive to Comply," Bloomberg Law

• "'Not A Rosy Outlook': Law Firm Leaders Are Less Bullish Heading Into 2024," The American Lawyer

• "Despite Expense 'Dent' From Pay Raises, Law Firms Expect to See Rebound in Transactional Practices," The American Lawyer.

• "Trial Firms Starting to Match or Exceed Big Law Salary, Bonus Scales for Associates," The American Lawyer

• "Law firm Milbank matches Cravath pay hike after kickstarting wave of raises," Reuters

• "Despite FisherBroyles' Departures, Distributed Firm Model Is Here to Stay, Albeit With Modifications," The American Lawyer

• "What's The Path Forward for Distributed Firms?" Law.com

• "Setting Up For Success: How to Finish Out 2023 Strong and Thrive in 2024," The American Lawyer

• "Law Firms' Culprit for Collections Drop Lurks in Their Offices," Bloomberg Law

• "How much do entry level lawyers earn?," National Jurist

• "'Staggering' Jump in Law Firms Planning to Expand Nonequity Partner Ranks," The American Lawyer

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