Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Jan 6, 2025)
Recent reports on lateral hires, financial data, salaries, and hiring trends in BigLaw.
"Few Atlanta-Centric Law Firms Expected to Pay Associate Bonuses at Market Scale," Daily Report
"'Pickier' Law Firms Did Mergers at Same Rate Last Year as 2023," American Lawyer
"New York-Based Harris Beach Combines With Connecticut-Based Murtha Cullina, Forming NE Powerhouse," Law.com
"New Year, New Am Law 100: Challenges Await These Newly Merged Law Firms," The American Lawyer
"Why Hogan Lovells and Perkins Coie Reversed, Will Now Pay Out Special Bonuses to Associates," The American Lawyer
"NJ Managing Partner Survey Indicates Tougher 2024 for Many Law Firms," New Jersey Law Journal
"Firms Saw Slight Declines From Last Year, but Merger Interest Remains High, Managing Partner Survey Reveals," The Legal Ingelligencer
"Clifford Chance Hikes Partner Pay as UK Firms Fight to Stay Competitive on Compensation," Law.com
"Bottoming Out or Merging Up? Law Firms That Shuttered in 2024," The American Lawyer
"'Almost an Arms Race': California Law Firms Scooped Up Lateral Talent by the Handful in 2024," The Recorder
"Law firms' quest for market share drives New Year's merger wave," Reuters
"BigLaw is taking an 'uneven approach' to bonuses," ABA Journal
"Grabbing Market Share From Rivals, Law Firms Ramped Up Group Lateral Hires," The American Lawyer
"As Big Law Moved Into Texas, Homegrown Firms Expanded Out, in 2024," The American Lawyer
"Law Firm Office Growth in Pennsylvania Lagged in 2024," The Legal Intelligencer
"'So Many Firms' Have Yet to Announce Associate Bonuses, Underlining Big Law's Uneven Approach," The National Law Journal
"Changes at the Top: How 'Different Leadership Skills' Are Prevailing in Big Law," The American Lawyer
"Here's Where Mid-Law Leaders Will Be Focused In 2025," Law360
"Kansas nears 'constitutional crisis' because of attorney shortage, justice says," ABA Journal
"Firms Expand Recruiting Departments Amid Strategic Push," Law360
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