Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Sep 7, 2020)
Recent reports on lateral hires, financial data, salaries, and hiring trends in BigLaw.
"Skadden Trims Staff Ranks Across US Offices," The American Lawyer
"Nixon Peabody Makes Another Round of Layoffs While Restoring Some Staff Pay," The American Lawyer
"More Cuts Coming as Firms Slim Down to Keep Partner Pockets Full," The American Lawyer
"Layoffs Hit Two Am Law 100 Firms," The American Lawyer
"Arrested Development: Younger Associates Are Taking Longer to Develop," The American Lawyer
"Fisher Phillips Reverses Pay Cuts for Lawyers and Staff," Daily Report
"Hogan Lovells, Littler Mendelson Join Firms Making Nov. 3 a Paid Day Off," The American Lawyer
"What Are Your Associates Really Thinking? Young Lawyers' Brutally Honest Advice to Their Firms," The American Lawyer
"Kilpatrick Townsend Restores Pay for Attorneys and Staff," Daily Report
"Firms That Keep Pay Cuts in Place May Lose Ground in Hiring Market," The American Lawyer
"Squire Latest Law Firm Set to Make UK Cuts," Law.com International
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