After King & Spalding announced a $20,000 pay hike last week for Atlanta associates, Alston & Bird quickly matched—but the rest of Atlanta’s big firms are in no hurry to follow.

“It’s insane. I was surprised not so much that Cravath did it—but the speed with which the lemmings matched,” said one Atlanta managing partner.

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