Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Jan 15, 2024)

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

• "Carrots and Sticks: Employers Look for Ways to Ensure RTO Compliance," SHRM

• "Will Slaughter and May's New Flexible Work Offering Actually Work?" Law.com

• "Lawyers Shouldn't Be Shocked to Learn They're Off Partner Path," Bloomberg Law

• "Retiring Reluctantly: As lawyers age, many struggle with exit strategies," ABA Journal

• "The Law Firm Disrupted: Feeling Good About 2024," Law.com

• "ANALYSIS: Lawyer, Legal Employment Close Out 2023 on a Down Note," Bloomberg Law

• "Law Firm Trends for 2024," U.S. News & World Report

• "Jordan Furlong says he is done predicting the future of the legal profession because it is here now," Canadian Lawyer

• "Nice, not-so-nice 2023 labour employment checklist," Law360 Canada

• "'Drastically Different' Associate Strategies in Big Law and Midsize Firms May Continue in 2024," The American Lawyer

• "Clifford Chance Mulls Lockstep Change to Better Reward Top Performers," Law.com

• "US law firms bulk up with more mergers in the new year," Reuters

• "Virtual Law Firms Evolve So Fast They Risk Their Own Destruction," Bloomberg Law

• "From Reactive to Proactive: Is Your Firm Investing in the Future?" Law.com

• "Law firms face 'volatile' 2024 amid demand, staffing and AI risks — report," Reuters

• "As Billing Rates Soar, Law Firm Clients Move to Spread Work Around," The American Lawyer

• "2024 Report on the State of the US Legal Market: The challenge of targeting the right markets with the right offerings," Thomson Reuters

• "Women Now the Majority of Associates in U.S. Law Firms, Make Record Gains in the Partnership Ranks," NALP

• "Most US law firm associates were women in 2023, survey shows," Reuters

• "Women Exceed 50% of Law Firm Associates for First Time," Bloomberg Law

• "Women Associates Outnumber Men For First Time," Law360

• "Women Make Up the Majority of Associates for First Time," The American Lawyer

• "Women make up majority of law firm associates for the first time: 'Real change is slow,'" CBS News

• "For the first time, women make up majority of law firm associates, new NALP report says," ABA Journal

• "Across Biglaw Firms, The Future Really Is Female," Above the Law

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