Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Aug 22, 2016)

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

• "What Your Outside Law Firms Really Think About You," Corporate Counsel

• "Zero Hours Billed? No Problem for These First-Year Associates," The American Lawyer

• "Why Won't Law Firms Innovate? Clients Don't Make Them," Law.com

• "Salaries for New Graduates Rise While Employment Rate Remains Unchanged, Number of Private Practice Jobs Tumbles," NALP

• "Percentage of Grads Landing Big Law Jobs Is Up, Number in Private Practice Sinks," The National Law Journal

• "Law School Graduates Finding Fewer Private Practice Jobs," The Wall Street Journal

• "2015 Law School Graduates Got Fewer Jobs in Private Practice," The New York Times

• "New Law School Graduates Find Jobs at Steady Rate," Bloomberg News

• "Are law firm jobs declining? Private practice jobs drop 7.6 percent for class of 2015," ABA Journal

• "Which Law Firms Will Be Hurt Most by Associate Salary Increases?," ALM

• "Citi Report: Growth Slowed in the Second Quarter," The American Lawyer

• "Texas Firms See Greatest Drop in Demand in First Half of 2016," Texas Lawyer

• "Southeastern Firms Buck Demand Slowdown in Uncertain Market," Daily Report

• "Demand Growth at California Firms Beats US Average, Report Finds," The Recorder

• "Demand Is Down. Why Are Billing Rates On the Rise?," The American Lawyer

• "After $180K Salary Bump, What About Benefits in Big Law?," Bloomberg Law

• "What's Culture? No Bonuses to High-Ranking Partners at Gibson Dunn," Bloomberg BNA

• "15 Best Places to Live and Work in Big(gish) Law," ALM

• "More Than 80 Percent of Partners in UK Expect to See Law Firm Jobs Cut Because of Brexit," Legal Week

• "Five Tips for Female Attorneys Entering Law Firm Life," Texas Lawyer

• "Imparting Your Legal Legacy — Essentials For A Mentor Considering An Investment In A Mentee," Above the Law

• "Law Practice Today: The Young Lawyers Issue," Law Practice Today