Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Dec 6, 2021)

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

• "Seeing Long Careers and Burnout Ahead, Many Young Lawyers Want Less Work," The American Lawyer

• "Big Law's Talent Shortage Raises Vexing Questions on 'Quality'," Bloomberg Law

• "The Great Juggling Act: How Working Parents Have Kept Law Firms—and Kids—Thriving Through It All," The American Lawyer

• "Arent Fox and Schiff Hardin to Merge, Creating a New Am Law 100 Powerhouse," The American Lawyer

• "Arent Fox, Schiff Hardin will merge to form $475 mln revenue firm," Reuters

• "How ArentFox Schiff Becomes a Serious Contender in the Hunt for New Business and the War for Talent," The American Lawyer

• "Kirkland Shortens Track to Equity Partnership," The American Lawyer

• "Kirkland's Shorter Partner Track Will Likely Make Waves, Industry Watchers Say," The American Lawyer

• "DLA Piper Joins Associate Bonus Fray, Exceeding Cravath for Top Producers," The American Lawyer

• "Cravath Kicks Off Big Law Year-End Bonuses," The American Lawyer

• "Cravath kicks off year-end bonus season with payouts reaching $115K," Reuters

• "Matching Begins in 2021 Big Law Year-End Bonus Season," The American Lawyer

• "More law firms join end-of-year bonus race following Cravath," Reuters

• "3 decades ago, legal headhunting required more time for fewer placements," ABA Journal

• "Prosecutor pay isn't keeping up with inflation, even as some case backlogs grow, study author says," ABA Journal

• "As Talent War Escalates, Law Firms Fear Business Pros Getting Poached," The American Lawyer

• "Will Associates Benefit From Early Career Milestones?," The American Lawyer

• "COVID-Era Expense Savings Mostly Gone, Firm Leaders Say," Daily Business Review

• "Partner Classes Are Bigger, But Getting Equity Is Still a Steep Climb at Law Firms," The American Lawyer

• "McGuireWoods, Akin Gump Promote Record Partner Classes, While Steptoe's Class Features Strong Diversity," The National Law Journal

• "Simpson Thacher and Weil Gotshal Announce Steep Rise in Partner Promotions," Law.com International

• "At the End of a Profitable Year, Firm Leaders Brace for 'Uncertain' 2022," The Legal Intelligencer

• "Amid Partner Promotions and Equity Partner Exits, Akerman Breaks Revenue and Profit Records in 2021," Daily Business Review

• "German Firm Increases Salaries Above Magic Circle and US Rival Rates," Law.com International

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