Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Jul 22, 2024)
Recent reports on lateral hires, financial data, salaries, and hiring trends in BigLaw.
"US judiciary to consider new ethical guidance for law clerk hiring," Reuters
"Judicial system fails at policing workplace misconduct, study finds," NPR
"Study recommends US judiciary improve workplace misconduct systems," Reuters
"ANALYSIS: Law Firms Chosen for DEI Framework Rise Above the Rest," Bloomberg Law
"Effectively Executing a Succession Plan in a Time of Crisis," The Recorder
"Firms See Stable Lateral Hiring, Corporate Rises In Q2," Law360
"Shifting Between Guarantees and Fixed Shares, Law Firms Get Flexible in Lateral Pay," The American Lawyer
"Treat your top lawyers like royalty," Precedent
"Dechert's Exit and Alston's Arrival Underline Chicago's Ultra-Competitive Market," The American Lawyer
"Kirkland Hands Out $50,000 Referral Bonuses as Demand Picks Up," Bloomberg Law
"Kirkland Renews $50,000 Referral Bonuses, as Associate Demand Ramps Up," The American Lawyer
"A&O Shearman Implemented $50,000 Referral Bonus on Merger Completion," The American Lawyer
"How DC Pay Transparency Law May Or May Not Impact Firms," Law360
"A Wall Street Law Firm Wants to Define Consequences of Israel Protests," The New York Times
"Law Firm Numbers: They're Not All That They Seem," Law.com International
"'Deeply Reactive': Are Law Firms Becoming Increasingly Hostile to Leavers?" Law.com International
"Big Law's New York Offices More Than Doubled Am Law 100 Head Count Gains," New York Law Journal
"Troutman Pepper, Locke Lord Aim to Wrap Merger by End of Year," The American Lawyer
"Rainmakers Are Not the Answer to Transformational Growth: Here's Why," Law.com International
"Ex-Reed Smith Partner Gets Candid About the Back End of Legal Careers," The American Lawyer
"Kirkland Partners Who Quit Risk Forfeiting Pay Under New Policy," Bloomberg Law
"New Kirkland Policy For Withholding Pay of Departing Partners Creates 'Pain Point' for Laterals," The American Lawyer
"The Law Firm Disrupted: A New Opportunity Isn't a Betrayal," Law.com
"Stricter Lateral Exit Policies Become More Common Across the Legal Industry," The American Lawyer
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