Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Apr 3, 2017)

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

• "Law firms use data to judge lateral hires' potential success," ABA Journal

• "South Florida's Billing Rates Remain Flat As Small Firms Get More Than Half the Work," Daily Business Review

• "Partners Question 'Unreasonable' Deutsche Demands on Junior Lawyer Pay," The American Lawyer

• "M&A's Missing Women," The American Lawyer

• "The Gender Divide Among Dealmaking Laterals," The American Lawyer

• "With Hourly Rates Rising, Report Shows Spotty Record for GC's Cost-Constraint Tactics," The American Lawyer

• "Could Biglaw See Another Associate Pay Raise — Followed By A Recession?," Above the Law

• "Biglaw Associates Offered Work/Life Balance Perks That Go Unused," Above the Law

• Law Firm Year-End Financial Reporting:
  • "Revenue Creeps Up, Partner Profits Dip at Kilpatrick," Daily Report
  • "Growth Surge Ends at Debevoise, But Ex-Partners Return," American Lawyer
  • "Kasowitz Reports Down Year; Trims Firm Name as Ex-Partner Assumes Ambassador Post," American Lawyer
  • "Still in Growth Mode, Squire Patton Boggs Boosts Partner Profits," American Lawyer
  • "Wilmer Grows Partner Profits, Trims Head Count as California Beckons," National Law Journal
  • "Seyfarth Grows Revenue, Profits as Lean Investment Pays Off," American Lawyer
  • "Am Law 100/200: The Early Reports," The American Lawyer