Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Oct 9, 2023)
Recent reports on lateral hires, financial data, salaries, and hiring trends in BigLaw.
"Mastering Referral Relationships: Strategies for Lawyers," Law.com
"Optimism About Profitability Declines Among Law Firm Leaders," Law.com
"Anticipated Surge In Law Firm Mergers Hasn't Materialized," Law360
"Elite Firms Revisit Comp Formulas as Star Talent Has 'Extraordinary Leverage'," Law.com
"With Q4 Underway, Large and Smaller Firms See Deal Outlook Through Different Lenses," Law.com
"Legal Pros Seek Raises Amid Demand For Flexible Work," Law360
"Longer Partnership Tracks Are Fueling Lateral Recruiting," Law360
"Midsize Firms Are Making Mergers Happen, Despite the Growing Odds," The American Lawyer
"Law firm rates in 2023: A new report examines the good, the troubling, and what 2024 may hold," Thomson Reuters
"The Law Firm Disrupted: A Spotlight on Travails in the Legal Recruiting World," Law.com
"'Self-Inflicted Damage' Becomes Driving Factor in Falling Law Firm Realization," The American Lawyer
"Using Integration Discussions During Lateral Partner Interviews," The American Lawyer
"Billable Hours May Never Go Away, but There's Room for Other Drivers of Performance," Law.com
"With Phila. Firms 'Stuck in a Rut' on Office Attendance, Cozen Earns Plaudits for Fresh Approach," The Legal Intelligencer
"Old Dog, New Tricks: Time to Retire Associate Lockstep Compensation," Law.com
"You're A Young BigLaw Atty Meeting For Lunch. Now What?" Law360
"Big Law Is Further Tweaking Partner Pay," Law.com
"Law Firm Mergers Kept Pace in Q3, as Partnerships Seek Geographic Edge," The American Lawyer
"Kirkland Crosses 200 in Latest Record Round of Partner Promotions," The American Lawyer
"Pfizer's Diversity Fellowship Under Scrutiny at Second Circuit," Bloomberg Law
"Pfizer's diversity fellowship program under scrutiny in job bias case," Canadian Lawyer
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