Lawyer Compensation - General
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GCs Aren't All Bark When It Comes to Complaints About Big Law's Salary War
By Phillip Bantz | March 2, 2022
"It's not a foregone conclusion—and it's not something we'd accept," Amgen Inc. legal chief Jonathan Graham said.
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Cravath Tops Davis Polk Salary Scale for 4th Years and Above
By Patrick Smith | February 28, 2022
Cravath Swaine & Moore finally made its move in the 2022 associate salary raises on Monday, matching Milbank's first-year pay and surpassing what has become the prevailing scale for more senior associates.
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The List of Am Law 100 Firms Matching Davis Polk's Associate Scale Is Growing
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | February 25, 2022
A new wave of firms announced they will match the market rate, including Vinson & Elkins, Sidley Austin and Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson.
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Freshfields, Linklaters Match Davis Polk Scale for US Associates
By Varsha Patel | February 25, 2022
The raises demonstrate the firm's continued investment in the U.S. market.
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International Edition | Commentary
Hogan Lovells Looks Back, HSF Looks Forward | Slaughters' New Tech | Freshfields' Sombre Reminder
By Rose Walker | February 25, 2022
The London Lawyer: Leadership at Hogan Lovells and HSF have had an interesting week, Slaughter and May has taken a new approach on tech, and Freshfields' accounts issued an important reminder.
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Freshfields LLPs Remind Partners of Firm's 'Considerable Discretion' Over Distributions
By Varsha Patel | February 24, 2022
The firm's management pay leaped by nearly 19% during the last financial year as the firm stated its "considerable discretion over the timing of any cash distributions to partners."
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After Davis Polk's Move, More Firms Give Raises With Extra Bump for Senior Associates
By Patrick Smith | February 23, 2022
Paul Weiss and McDermott were the first to match Davis Polk's new associate salary scale, announced Tuesday.
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Davis Polk Tops Milbank Scale for US Senior Associates
By Patrick Smith | February 22, 2022
The firm said salaries for non-U.S. associates and fee earners and other attorneys with special arrangements will be determined and communicated separately, and counsel compensation will also be addressed separately.
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The Three Views That Matter on The Pay War
By Varsha Patel | February 21, 2022
The perspectives of partners, clients and junior lawyers are explored in this round-up of the debate over ever-increasing pay levels.
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International Edition | Commentary
The Best Laid Plans...
By Paul Hodkinson | February 21, 2022
The Global Lawyer: The Ukraine conflict, Chinese politics and junior pay are just some of the areas where law firm strategies can go awry.
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