Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Feb 1, 2021)
Recent reports on lateral hires, financial data, salaries, and hiring trends in BigLaw.
"The Lessons and Implications of Big Law's Stunning 2020 Profitability," The American Lawyer
"Reed Smith Launches Diversity Billable Hour Credit for All Timekeepers," The American Lawyer
"A Skadden Fellowship for Trial Lawyers? This Plaintiffs Firm Wants to Cultivate the Next Generation," The American Lawyer
"What 2021 Partner Classes Say About the State of the Legal Industry," The American Lawyer
"One Am Law 200 Firm Isn't Hosting Summers This Year Because 'We Never Intended To'," The American Lawyer
"Amid Firmwide Growth, Burr & Forman Hires Creates New Roles for Retention, Development," Daily Report
"When Money Is Tight, How Can Law Firms Keep Morale From Falling?," The American Lawyer
"Circumstances Changed, but Expectations Didn't. Young Attorneys Are Frustrated.," The American Lawyer
"After Gauging Firms' Pandemic Responses, Will Associates Be on the Move?," The American Lawyer
"No Opportunity Wasted: Even as Lateral Hiring Cratered in 2020, Some Stayed Busy," The American Lawyer
"Finding a Cultural Fit When Lateral Hiring Goes Virtual," The American Lawyer
"Ashurst Lowers Bonus Thresholds After COVID-19 Impact, MoFo Hands Out Extra London Rewards," Law.com International
"Dentons UK, Middle East Arm Puts 87 Roles at Risk," Law.com International
"Squire Patton Boggs Raises Required Hours For UK Partners, Associates," Law.com International
"Building on a 'Surprisingly' Good 2020, Arent Fox's New Chair Eyes Growth," The National Law Journal
"McDermott Posts Huge Gains in 2020, Even Though It 'Never Felt Safe'," The American Lawyer
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