Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Aug 15, 2016)

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

• “Rising Associate Salaries: Will Corporate Counsel Compensation Be Affected?,” Law.com

• “New Company Aims to Tackle Law Firms’ Alcohol Problem,” The American Lawyer

• “Non-lawyer ownership laws in UK allow some firms to thrive,” American Lawyer

• “Law Firms Are ‘Terrible’ at Billing, Says GE’s GC,” Corporate Counsel

• “NYC Lateral Season Lengthens as Firms Bet on Corporate Work,” New York Law Journal

• “As Demand Slumps, Legal Industry Registers Modest Jobs Decline,” The American Lawyer

• “Where the Lawyers Are: Top US Legal Markets by Head Count,” The American Lawyer