Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Jul 20, 2020)
Recent reports on lateral hires, financial data, salaries, and hiring trends in BigLaw.
"Incoming Law Firm Associates Unsure When Their Jobs Will Start," Law.com
"Law grads have had job offers rescinded at 49% of surveyed law schools," ABA Journal
"Law Firm Associates Don't Know When Their Jobs Will Start, And Some Have Had Offers Rescinded," Above the Law
"Pandemic Clobbers Job Starts for Law Graduates," Bloomberg Law
"Necessity Begets Innovation: How Law Firms Adapted to Virtual Summer Associate Plans," Daily Report
"Pay Cuts, Layoffs, and More: How Law Firms Are Managing the Pandemic," The American Lawyer
"Private Equity Firms Look to Cut Legal Spend Amid Downturn," The American Lawyer
"A 2nd Wave of Potential Layoffs Looms Over Law Firms' 3rd Quarter," The American Lawyer
"High-Rate Work Went to the Largest Law Firms Last Year, but Discounts Are Now Rising," The American Lawyer
"Big Firm Offices in New York Ballooned Before 2020 Cost-Cutting Started," New York Law Journal
"Australia's Large Firms Stick To The Law Graduate Hiring Playbook-for Now," Law.com International
"Allen & Overy Posts Drop in Profits and PEP," Law.com International
"Linklaters Profits and PEP Fall as Revenue Dips Behind A&O," Law.com International
"BCLP To Cut 40 In London, Keep Global Pay Trim and Close Beijing Base," Law.com International
"Clifford Chance Sets Global Gender, Diversity Targets," Bloomberg Law
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