Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Dec 3, 2018)

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

• "Big Four's Deloitte to Launch 25-Lawyer Hong Kong Law Firm," The American Lawyer

• "Big Law's Trojan Horse: Are the Big Four Preparing an Invasion?," The American Lawyer

• "KPMG aims to employ 3,000 lawyers within the next few years," ABA Journal

• "Down Under, Law Firms Can Pay a Price for Overworking Lawyers," The American Lawyer

• "Law Departments' Legal Spend Up as Needs Increase: Survey," Legaltech News

• "Big Law Associate Group Awards $90,000 to Legal Aid Organizations," The American Lawyer

• "ACC Survey Finds Most GCs Come From In-House, Earn an Average $400,000+," Corporate Counsel

• "Women General Counsel Make $125K Less Than Male Colleagues," Bloomberg Law

• "Kirkland & Ellis Drops Mandatory Arbitration for Associates Amid Law Student Boycott," The American Lawyer

• "Not Everyone Cheers Kirkland's Move to End Associate Arbitration Policy," The American Lawyer

• "Sidley Bows to Pressure on Mandatory Arbitration as DLA Piper Digs In," Law.com

• "A Dozen Linklaters Associates in Germany Have Opted for Firm's 40-Hour Week With Reduced Pay," The American Lawyer

• "Linklaters May Offer 40-Hour Week Plan to Lawyers Outside Germany," The American Lawyer

• "A Week Early, Cravath Kicks Off Associate Bonus Season," The American Lawyer

• "Associate Compensation Scorecard: Which Firms Have Announced Bonuses?," Above the Law

• "Clifford Chance to Match Cravath Bonus Scale for US Associates," The American Lawyer

• "Partners at These Am Law 200 Firms Make Less Than Cravath Associates," The American Lawyer

• "A Different Kind of Big Law Bonus? Seyfarth Doles Out for Passion Projects," The American Lawyer

• "Gaming It: O'Melveny Takes Talent Search Online to Expand Recruitment Base," The American Lawyer

• "New Partners Don't Know What to Expect After Promotion, Survey Shows," The American Lawyer

• "Weil Now Lets Associates Work From Home Weekly," The American Lawyer

• "Pillsbury Is Latest Big Firm to Establish New Position Focused on Diversity," The American Lawyer

• "A Big Law Refugee Makes a Bet on the Future of the Law," The American Lawyer