Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (May 13, 2024)
Recent reports on lateral hires, financial data, salaries, and hiring trends in BigLaw.
"Outside Counsel Selection, Long Driven by Intuition, Being Reshaped by Data," Corporate Counsel
"High Billing Rates May Hasten New Era of Productivity," The American Lawyer
"Lateral Partner Recruiting Must Focus on Honesty and Clear Data," Bloomberg Law
"Big Law Recruiting Confronts Rising Student Activism," The American Lawyer
"Elite New York Firms Finally Join Big Law's Free Agent Era," Bloomberg Law
"Sullivan & Cromwell Plans Vigilant Hiring Checks After Protests," Bloomberg Law
"Sullivan & Cromwell Details Ramped-Up Vetting of New Hires Amid Wave of University Protests," The American Lawyer
"Why BigLaw Is Gutting Midsize Firms' Transaction Practices," Law360
"Davis Polk Leaps Into Lateral Hiring Seen as Re-Shaping Industry," Bloomberg Law
"Law firms kicked off 2024 with strong demand and profits, report finds," Reuters
"Billing Rate Growth and Litigation Demand Drive Big Law Gains in Q1," The American Lawyer
"Freshfields Ups NQ Pay To £150K Signalling Potential New Pay War," Law.com International
"The 2024 Second Hundred: An Investment Story," The American Lawyer
"'Macro Impacts': How Much Am Law 200 Firms Have Reduced Their Space," The American Lawyer
"Can Second Hundred Firms Gain Ground on 'Price-Insensitive' Practice Areas?" The American Lawyer
"Second Hundred Law Firms Closer to the 'Center of Gravity' in Q1," The American Lawyer
"Managing the Workload in a Summer Law Job," JD Supra
"In AI Talent Battle, Big Law May Be the Underdog," Legaltech News
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