Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Feb 26, 2018)

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

• "Law Firm Recruitment Activity Steady, But Summer Programs Shrink," The American Lawyer

• "Biglaw Summer Programs Continue To Shrink, With 43 Percent Of Firms Making Fewer Offers," Above the Law

• "Entry-level Law Firm Recruiting Activity Remains Fairly Robust, Steady, Even as Firms in Some Markets Pull Back Slightly," NALP

• "PwC Eyes Global Expansion of Its Flexible Lawyering Service," The American Lawyer

• "Sorry Clients: Higher Law Firm Billing Rates Really Do Pay Off," The American Lawyer

• "It's Official: Andrews Kurth and Hunton & Williams Will Merge," Law.com

• "If a Law Bars Asking Your Past Salary, Does It Help or Hurt?," The New York Times

• Law Firm Year-End Financial Reporting
  • "Revenue Tops $2 Billion at Hogan Lovells, Led by Corporate Practice," National Law Journal
  • "Latham & Watkins Breaks $3 Billion in Revenue," American Lawyer
  • "Nixon Peabody Sees Partner Profits Surge," American Lawyer
  • "Sheppard Mullin Posts 27th Straight Year of Revenue Growth," American Lawyer
  • "Ballard Spahr Revenue up 3.4 Percent, PPP Up 5.6 Percent," Legal Intelligencer
  • "Revenue Gains Propel Mayer Brown Past Pre-Recession Record," American Lawyer
  • "Arent Fox Again Posts Gains in Revenue, Profits," American Lawyer
  • "Pepper Hamilton Revenue Down 1.7 Percent, PPP up 14.3 Percent," Legal Intelligencer
  • "Locke Lord Posts Decline in Net Income and Gross Revenue," American Lawyer
  • "Paul Weiss Posts Gains in Revenue, Profits as Lawyer Headcount Hits 1K," American Lawyer
  • "Milbank Posts 5th Straight Year of Growth," American Lawyer
  • "Jackson Walker Sees 10 Percent Drop in 2017 Net Income, Slight Increase in Gross Revenue," American Lawyer

• "The Early Reports: Am Law 100/200 2018," The American Lawyer