Welcome to Southeast Takeaways, a weekly look at news of the legal profession that will highlight important developments to help you manage your firms, grow your practices and serve your clients better. We’ll bring you the most vital information from around ALM, but we’d love to hear from you too. I’m Raychel Lean and I can be reached at [email protected]. 

Some call them clawback provisions, others call them golden handcuffs. Florida legal recruiter Joe Ankus of Ankus Consulting calls them “medieval torture devices.”