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Slaughters NQs In Line For £100,000 as Pay War Continues

It is the third magic circle firm to boost NQ pay rates in the last two months.
3 minute read

International Edition

'Crazy Ideas' Welcome: How Orrick Is Working to Build an Innovation Culture

The firm is one year into a program that allows associates to put 50 hours of billing credit towards innovation projects.
5 minute read

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White & Case Boosts Trainee Salaries as Pay War Intensifies

The changes are the latest as firms move to raise their rates.
2 minute read

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CC Boosts NQ Pay to £100,000 Amid Associate Pay War

The firm has followed magic circle peer Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in offering newly-qualified associates a six-figure salary.
2 minute read

International Edition

Hogan Lovells Senior Associate Recovering From Stabbing in DC

The woman was injured in a knife attack by an assailant linked by police to two other nearby robbery attempts.
2 minute read

International Edition

Debevoise Makes Up Largest-Ever London Partner Cohort

The U.S. firm has made up 10 lawyers in its City base since 2014.
2 minute read

International Edition

Jones Day Bungled Bid to Quash Anonymity in Gender Bias Suit, Plaintiffs Allege

The "billion-dollar global litigation behemoth" failed to take the basic step of conferring with plaintiffs' counsel before asking a judge to unmask their identities, the plaintiffs say.
3 minute read

International Edition

Jones Day Presses Plaintiffs to Go Public in Gender Bias Case

The firm says a federal judge erred in letting four female former associates hide behind pseudonyms.
5 minute read

International Edition

Shearman Joins Pay War by Hiking UK Associate Pay

The U.S. firm has moved shortly after Freshfields' rise and has matched rival Ropes & Gray's NQ rate.
2 minute read

International Edition

Seeing Lawyers in Crisis, Some Blame the Billable Hour

Measuring lawyers by the hours they bill was long treated as a necessary evil. Faced with evidence that mental health erodes as hours increase, legal industry innovators are asking how necessary it really is.
8 minute read

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