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The American Lawyer

Blame the Black Box? Jones Day Bias Suit Puts Spotlight on Compensation

A gender bias lawsuit against Jones Day puts its compensation model under scrutiny, but the black box approach has its defenders.
1 minute read

The American Lawyer

Outwit, Outplay, Outlast: A Post-Recession View of the Survivors

A decade later, we revisit the 2008 Am Law 200 for a look at how the Big Law game has changed. Spoiler alert: it's gotten much tougher to be a managing partner.
15 minute read

The American Lawyer

Milbank, Simpson Thacher Play Catch Up on Associate Pay, Matching Cravath

After being first out of the gate on associate raises, Milbank has now adopted Cravath's new standard.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

2018 Law Firm Innovators

The Legal introduces the 2018 Law Firm Innovators.
1 minute read

Daily Report Online

Atlanta Am Law Firms (Mostly) Keep Up as the Rich Outpace the Rest

The city's top-grossing firm, King & Spalding, joined The American Lawyer's "super-rich" club based on RPL and PPL, but smaller Second Hundred firms Morris Manning Martin and Arnall Golden Gregory also posted big gains.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

The Associate Salary Race: A Survivor's Guide

Unsupportable, unavoidable, or both? Check out the latest news and analysis on the associate pay raises spreading across top law firms.
6 minute read

Law.com

Prospering in the 'New Normal'

<b><i>Raising Costs and Declining Demand are Sapping Profits</b></i><p>The “New Normal” of today is one in which raising operating costs, associate salary increases, and reduced realization rates coupled with AFAs and demands from corporate counsel for reduced rates are sapping firm profits and there is no relief on the horizon. Law firm leaders, seeing current conditions, should be asking if there is a better way.
9 minute read

Pro Mid Market

Health Care Litigation Steers Innovation, Progress at Murtha Cullina, Knag Says

Murtha Cullina has established itself as a big fish among firms in the Nutmeg State and a nationally competitive midsize player that takes on complex litigation issues and health care cases that are constantly evolving with the regional and national political tides.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Weil, Skadden Match Cravath as Firms Aim for Moving Target on Associate Raises

With Cleary Gottlieb; Kirkland; Skadden; Weil, Gotshal &amp; Manges and several other law firms now announcing raises, it looks like the dam has broken for increases among the most profitable U.S. firms.
2 minute read

Pro Mid Market

Midsize Boutiques Acted Quickly to Keep Up on Associate Comp

At most midsize law firms, matching Milbank is not in the cards. But for highly profitable boutiques, it was the obvious choice.
6 minute read

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