A nearly 100-year-old Ohio based law firm has let 16 attorneys and staff members go and appointed a new executive committee and managing partner, as part of a restructuring effort…
When Seyfarth Shaw first brought in a consultant to train attorneys in a new efficiency concept known as process management, the law firm got considerably more detail than it bargained…
Too few women lawyers are attaining partnerships, and the reason can be traced to unconscious bias affecting everything from assignments to job evaluations, according to a law firm partner and…
A legal recruiter has sued Los Angeles-based Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith for $100 million in actual and punitive damages, contending that the 700-attorney…
Once upon a time, BigLaw firms generally followed a similar lockstep salary structure and, only a year ago, the top starting pay for first-year associates was $160,000 or even more—especially…
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