Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Jun 21, 2021)
Recent reports on lateral hires, financial data, salaries, and hiring trends in BigLaw.
"Cravath Matches Starting Associate Pay, Offering $205K For First-Years," The American Lawyer
"More Top Firms Match Davis Polk, and Skadden Offers More Than Money," The American Lawyer
"7 More Firms Raise Associate Salaries," Law360
"'Slap in the Face': How Law Firm Staff Feel About Associate Raises," The American Lawyer
"Latest Salary Increases Will Cost Firms. But Not as Much as 'Special' Bonuses," The American Lawyer
"While Holdouts Remain in Associate Salary Battle, O'Melveny and Pillsbury Match," The American Lawyer
"'Justifying the Stress': As Associate Pay Tops $200K, UK and European Lawyers Are Unconvinced," Law.com International
"More Salary Dominoes Fall at Am Law 200 Firms While Others Wait and See," The American Lawyer
"Matching Davis Polk Is a Short-Term Win in a Hot Market. But What Happens Next?," The American Lawyer
"Entry-level corporate lawyers now can make $200K or more," New York Post
"Entry-Level Lawyers Are Now Making $200,000 a Year," The Wall Street Journal
"After Davis Polk Jumped Ahead, Other Firms Take Diverging Paths On Associate Raises," The American Lawyer
"Davis Polk Raises Associate Salaries Above Milbank's Scale," The American Lawyer
"Elite N.Y. firms are in a battle for talent. Could they all be losing?," Reuters
"Reed Smith, Offering Severance to Legal Secretaries, Introduces Executive Assistant Role," The Legal Intelligencer
"Skepticism Remains Over Big Law's Remote Work Flexibility," The American Lawyer
"As Profits Stagnate, the UK's Elite Can't Keep Up With US Peers," The American Lawyer
"The Global Lawyer: Are Lawyers Still Driven by the Dollar (or Pound or Euro)?," Law.com International
"A Hiring War: Companies and Firms Duke it Out for Top Talent," Corporate Counsel
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