Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Jan 20, 2025)
Recent reports on lateral hires, financial data, salaries, and hiring trends in BigLaw.
"The Law Firm Disrupted: Tech Investment Is Necessary Yet Expensive. The Big Four Have a Leg Up," Law.com
"Ballard Spahr Aims to Balance Hybrid Work With Relationship Building in Training New Associates," The Legal Intelligencer
"AI's Place in Big Law Broadens, As Firms Embrace Fresh Uses of the Technology," The American Lawyer
"Training Lawyers in AI and Using AI to Boost Training," The American Lawyer
"KPMG plan to launch US law firm opens new front for Big Four," Reuters
"KPMG Passes Key Step in Forming Big Four's First US Law Firm," Bloomberg Law
"KPMG eyes US legal expansion in Big Four first," Canadian Lawyer
"'Big Four Fear' Cycle Ramps Up for Law Firms as KPMG Moves to US," Bloomberg Law
"Are Counsel Ranks Getting 'Squeezed' as Nonequity and Associate Pay Grows?" The American Lawyer
"Choose-Your-Billable-Hours Model May Be Future of Associate Pay," Bloomberg Law
"Law Firms Grapple With Nonequity Partner Pay 'Friction,'" The American Lawyer
"LA-Area Law Firms Offer Support as Region Reckons With Raging Wildfires," ;The American Lawyer
"As Bonus Pools Expand, Challenges Grow in Partner Compensation," The American Lawyer
"2024 Marked Growth On Top of Growth for Law Firm Litigation Practices. Is a Cooldown in the Offing for 2025?" The AmLaw Litigation Daily
"Law Firms Launch Alliances When Mergers Are Too Much to Bear," Bloomberg Law
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