A likely slowdown in associate pay increases in the U.K. may offer some signposts to help their U.S. law firm counterparts steer a course in challenging economic times.
After earlier news reports of record-breaking revenue and massive profits per partner, two New York-based major-name law firms have now been crowned by American Lawyer as the nation’s most lucrative…
Recession? What recession? The current economic downturn apparently hasn’t been particularly painful at one of New York’s most exclusive BigLaw firms, which is planning to expand its summer associate class…
Updated: Once again, the major law firms in the AmLaw 100 reportedly have posted an impressive earnings year. And, in a webinar today, as American Lawyer is…
Most major U.S. law firms continue to have an in-house general counsel, and the position is better-paid than ever before. On average, law firm GCs earn $750,000 in cash compensation…
Most of the big law firms help their lawyers pick up the costs of bar exam fees and bar review courses, according to an informal survey of readers by the…
The New York Times refers to frank discussions of salaries on websites like greedyassociates.com as evidence that younger professionals are more willing to discuss pay than…
Although last year was particularly profitable for many major London law firms, corresponding raises for associate-level attorneys aren’t on the radar screen.
An across-the-board pay cut estimated at about 10 to 15 percent for all nine partners at Shearman & Sterling’s outpost in Mannheim, Germany, is reportedly what prompted the 30-lawyer office’s…
Corrected: Last year, 50 percent of law firms had designated diversity managers, and according to a new Altman Weil survey, that number has risen to nearly 60 percent.
An ever-expanding state probe by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo of possible pension irregularities now extends far beyond lawyers in private practice who worked for the state’s 700-plus school…
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