Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (May 22, 2023)

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

• "David Lat on What That Viral Paul Hastings Presentation Says About All of Us," Legal Speak

• "Gen Z Lawyers Would Trade Some of Their Pay for These Benefits," The American Lawyer

• "Big law firms fall out of fashion with idealistic Generation Z," Financial Times

• "Younger Attys Valuing Work-Life Balance Over Making Partner," Law360

• "Large Lateral Moves Are Raising the Competitive Ante for Law Firms," Law.com

• "Amid Multiplying Law Firm Layoffs, Associates are Getting Anxious," Law.com International

• "US law firm leasing rebounds, but offices shrink," Reuters

• "The Case for Deferring First-Years," The American Lawyer

• "The Return Of The Dreaded Biglaw Deferral Is Now Being Praised By Industry Insiders," Above the Law

• "GCs Are Receiving More of Their Pay in Bonuses, Exacerbating Gender Gap," Corporate Counsel

• "Big Law Lawyers Are on TikTok. Their Firms Are Conflicted," Bloomberg Law

• "A Note to Leaders in Law Firms: This is How You're Thwarting Diversity Efforts," The American Lawyer

• "Small Law, Big Pay: Small Firms Lure Talent With Hefty Raises," Law360

• "Dechert Becomes the Latest Firm Caught in Boom-and-Bust Hiring Cycle," The American Lawyer

• "Financial Irregularities, Undisclosed Business Ties and More: Lateral 'Red Flags' Grew During Pandemic," The American Lawyer

• "The Law Firm Disrupted: This Job in Big Law is Getting Tougher," Law.com

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