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The Remote Work Controversy: Can the Tail Wag the Dog?

The debate over remote work comes down to a reckoning of how much transformation the legal industry has really embraced as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
11 minute read

International Edition

How The UK Pay War Has Affected Firms

As U.S. salaries push past the $200,000 mark, Law.com International looks at the firms that have increased their UK salary rates for junior lawyers so far.
7 minute read

International Edition

What Had Morgan Stanley's Advisers Already Planned on Office Returns?

Most law firms for the bank have already incorporated some remote working into their return plans or have at least alluded to more flexible arrangements.
5 minute read

International Edition

The Pandemic Has Given Individual Lawyers More Leverage

Morgan Stanley's letter to law firms has the potential to create even more tension within firms and may cause "some attorneys to vote with their feet," one law firm consultant says.
4 minute read

International Edition

Morgan Stanley Letter Pits Client Preference Against Talent Market Demands

"The social reality is that women bear the brunt of childcare. And if a firm cannot accommodate that social reality, then firms will continue to lose women," Roberta Liebenberg said.
4 minute read

International Edition

Travers Smith NQ Pay Hits Magic Circle Levels

Travers' NQ salary bump puts it on a par with U.K. rival Macfarlanes.
2 minute read

International Edition

The Global Lawyer: Flexibility is the New Bonus

Forget money, big markets and courtroom dramas! The new trend is for flexible work perks, small markets and real life events!
6 minute read

International Edition

The London Lawyer Briefing: Bring Out Your Female Equity Partners | Slaughters' Bold Move | Big Law and Furlough

When is diversity not diversity? Should Big Law be using furlough funds? And what does the market think of Slaughters' big move?
3 minute read

International Edition

Reduced Hours for Reduced Pay: Will Slaughters' Bold Move Catch On?

'I'm not sure we'll be going that way. I think if anything we'll be the opposite,' says one Slaughters rival, but a client responds: 'I fully support it.'
8 minute read

International Edition

Hogan Lovells, Simmons Become Latest Firms to Join UK NQ Pay War

Hogan Lovells NQs base rate has matched the U.K. Magic Circle firm rates, but including bonuses, remuneration could be well above the figure.
2 minute read

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