The billable hour has long troubled in-house lawyers who say the billing method discourages efficiency and associates who complain of being judged based on the amount of time they spend…
Acting within days of news that two longtime Pennsylvania judges have agreed to plead in a case alleging that they accepted $2.6 million in exchange for jailing juveniles in specific…
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.
Some rumors had put the drop in partner profits at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft at 50 percent. So the news of a 30 percent decline doesn’t seem all that bad.
The employment law firm Littler Mendelson managed to boost profits per equity partner by 3 percent and revenue per lawyer by 5 percent, the highest increases out of seven San…
For seven years, Gary H. Green II handled labor and employment matters as an associate in the Los Angeles office of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom. Now he is…
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