On June 6, Cravath Swaine & Moore announced it was raising base salaries for starting associates from $160,000 per year to $180,000 per year. Of course, firms never give…
A federal judge in Manhattan has fined a DLA Piper partner and a former lawyer with the firm after concluding they apparently lied about violation of her court order.
Divorce lawyer Stacy Phillips says she wanted to concentrate on law practice rather than worry about hacking that could compromise the information of her celebrity clients.
When the Supreme Court ruled in 2015 that same-sex couples had a fundamental right to marry, it marked the culmination of famed civil rights attorney Evan Wolfson’s three decade-plus…
Six law firms have received “gold honors” from the Women in Law Empowerment Forum for meeting all six of the group’s measures for advancing and fairly compensating women lawyers.
Law firms are competing for the best summer associates and trying to integrate them into the culture with food—lots of food—as well as social outings and law-firm swag.
Beginning BigLaw associates may be happy about recent raises that hiked their pay to $180,000, but some lawyers for the companies that hire their law firms don’t share their…
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