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The American Lawyer

Mintz Levin Settles Gender Discrimination Claim by Ex-Associate

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo announced on Monday that it reached a settlement agreement in a gender discrimination case filed against the firm by a former female associate.
27 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Plaintiffs Firm Touts Texas-Sized Bonuses to Top Cravath

Reid Collins & Tsai, with offices in Austin and New York, boasted bonuses of up to $150,000 for associates, with salaried junior partners getting as much as $229,000.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

It's True: Republican Partners Give Female Associates Smaller Bonuses

If you're worried about gender equality in Big Law, perhaps you should discreetly inquire about your boss's political sympathies.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Number of Students Enrolling in Law School Basically Flat

Enrollment increased this fall — albeit slightly — for the first time since 2010.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

Latham Associate Moonlights as Opera Singer

Marie-Joe Abi-Nassif, a trained opera singer and first-year associate at Latham & Watkins, will be performing Friday at New York's Carnegie Hall. She spoke with The American Lawyer about balancing her musical ambitions with her fulltime job as an M&A lawyer.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Daniel Filler Tapped for Dean's Job at Drexel Law

Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law's next leader knows the institution well—he's a member of the inaugural faculty that opened the Philadelphia school in 2006.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

Susman's Santa: Bonuses Up to $140K and Designer CanapÉs!

Houston-based Susman Godfrey doesn't do things in understated ways—not in the way it throws a party or the way it pays its associates.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Pro Bono Lawyers Take On Registry of Child Abuse, Maltreatment

A spokesman for a state agency estimated that "hundreds of thousands" of people have been added to a central registry of child abuse and maltreatment since 1995, but could not readily provide a count of how many are on that list. Whatever the actual number, "so many people are caught up in this," said Maxine Ketcher of Legal Services NYC Bronx. And they can be caught up for a long time.
21 minute read

The American Lawyer

Law Firms Struggle With Lateral Partner Due Diligence, Report Finds

Lateral hiring is said to be critical to many firms' strategies, but 30 percent of laterals deliver less than half their expected book of business in their first year at the new firm, with another 21 percent delivering three-quarters or less, an ALM Intelligence report found.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Midmarket Firms Step Back From Bonus Buzz

As the usual suspects roll out their 2016 bonus announcements, midsize law firms based in Pennsylvania are abstaining from the competition, finding themselves in a separate league for rates and compensation.
30 minute read

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