While working as a fifth-year associate at a BigLaw firm in New York, Tracey Batt thought her black leather ankle boots, black leather trench coat and dark-colored “mannish” pantsuits with…
Most of the remaining lawyers in a New York intellectual property boutique that has been dwindling for the past two years are at least thinking about joining Locke Lord Bissell…
Associate salaries have jumped considerably since 1968, when Cravath, Swaine & Moore raised pay for first-year associates to an unheard of $15,000 a year.
Updated: A senior associate at Allen & Overy has stopped publishing her online novel after the London-based magic circle firm apparently told her that it was too racy.
A former associate of Nixon Peabody has filed an employment discrimination suit against the international law firm, saying that he was fired last year because of his gender, race and…
With law firm layoffs seemingly snowballing and major international firms making capital calls on partners and predicting flat profits at best, the economic outlook in the legal arena right now…
Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon has confirmed that the Chicago-based law firm has laid off “approximately” 10 attorneys. About half are non-equity partners and the rest are associates.
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