Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Mar 13, 2017)

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

• "More Than 150 Law Firm Leaders Urge Govt to Continue Funding of Legal Services," The American Lawyer

• "The Untold Story Behind Big Law Mergers: Revenue Slips, Costs Rise," The American Lawyer

• "Ropes & Gray to Shed Lawyers, Retreat From Patent Work in Firm Shakeup," The American Lawyer

• "The Aftershocks of Big Law's Associate Salary Hike Are Still Hitting," The American Lawyer

• Law Firm Year-End Financial Reporting
  • "After Partner Split, Schiff Hardin's Revenue Tumbles," The American Lawyer
  • "Jenner & Block Sees End to Two-Year Bull Run," The American Lawyer
  • "Revenue Up, But Head Count Growth Stalls Other Mayer Brown Metrics," The American Lawyer
  • "Amid Hiring Spree, An Up-and-Down Year at Orrick," The Recorder
  • "Fried Frank's Revenue, Profit Hit Record Highs After 'Best Ever' Year," The American Lawyer
  • "Pillsbury's Financials Rebound, But Firm Leader Wants More," The Recorder
  • "Steep Losses Gripped Kaye Scholer Before Arnold & Porter Merger," New York Law Journal
  • "Arnold & Porter Weathered Declines Ahead of Kaye Scholer Deal," National Law Journal
  • "Blank Rome Boosts Revenue 22 Percent Amid Major Growth Spurt," Legal Intelligencer
  • "Greenberg Traurig Makes Steady Gains in 2016," Daily Report