Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Mar. 14, 2016)

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

• "Market Volatility Hampering Demand for Legal Services," The Legal Intelligencer

• "Of Legal Futures — Darker or Better," Slaw

• "Associates Find Opportunities in Uneven Market," The American Lawyer

• "Some BigLaw firms face associate shortages; boutiques are partly to blame," ABA Journal

• "New Global Firm Makes a Debut, Shunning US," The American Lawyer

• "As Canada's Gowlings completes 1,400-attorney merger with UK firm, more growth is already planned," ABA Journal

• "Squire Patton Boggs Inks Merger With California's Carroll Burdick," The American Lawyer

• Law Firm Year-End Financial Reporting:
  • "Billion-Dollar Deals and Big Suits Boost Revenue, Profit at Alston & Bird," Daily Report
  • "O'Melveny & Myers Makes a Rebound," American Lawyer
  • "DLA Revenue Tops $2.5 Billion, But Profits Fall," American Lawyer
  • "Growth Slows at Latham & Watkins," American Lawyer
  • "Pillsbury's Net Income Falls 6 Percent," The Recorder
  • "Engines Cool at Davis Polk," American Lawyer
  • "Revenue Edges Up at Weil Amid Solid Profits," American Lawyer
  • "Wilmer Soars in Revenue, Profits With High-Stakes Crisis Work," American Lawyer
  • "Despite Energy Decline, Haynes and Boone's Profits Soar," Texas Lawyer
  • "McElroy Deutsch Revenue Down 1.3 Percent; PPP Up 1 Percent," New Jersey Law Journal
  • "Debevoise Sees Double-Digit Profit Growth," American Lawyer
  • "Crowell & Morning Reports Slight Drop in Revenue," National Law Journal
  • "Real Estate Big Driver for Jackson Walker Revenue Growth in 2015," Texas Lawyer
  • "Arent Fox Weathers Slowdown Amid Some Growth," National Law Journal
  • "Another Strong Year for Jenner & Block," American Lawyer