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• Long term thinking could save biglaw

  May 16 2012 Here is an interesting article by Mark Harris, the chief executive of Axiom Law, a 900-person new-model legal services firm. Harris attempts to diagnose some of the... more

• US legal services market becomes more segmented

  May 07 2012 The most expensive US lawyers are becoming even more costly, while the cheapest are barely keeping up with inflation, according to this story published in the Wall... more

• Top 100 firms report single digit growth for last year

  May 04 2012 The Am Law Daily has released figures that give a snapshot of the legal services industry over the past year. The top 100 firms saw single digit growth in gross... more

• Speculation on spring bonuses after S&C's 'anaemic' award

  May 01 2012 Speculation about the timing and amount of spring bonuses continues, after Sullivan & Cromwell’s announced relatively small bonus awards of between $1000 and $5000, or... more

• Speculation on spring bonuses after S&C's 'anaemic' award

  May 01 2012 Speculation about the timing and amount of spring bonuses continues, after Sullivan & Cromwell’s announced relatively small bonus awards of between $1000 and $5000, or... more

• When large law firms fail, we need to re-examine the business model

  Apr 24 2012 Here is a very good article that addresses the question of why large law firms fail. The article points out that a dozen firms that have folded over the past ten... more

• KM Triumphs at the Lex & Larry LPM Showdown

  Sep 13 2011 If you think that Legal Project Management has nothing to offer corporate legal practices, read this article. The corporate practice group chair for a global law firm... more

• Consolidation in BigLaw: it is 'only a matter of time'

  Aug 25 2011 There may be more mergers between large law firms in the pipeline, according to Mark Wood – a restructuring partner from the Nottingham office of law firm Eversheds.... more

• Are clients really getting better value from law firms?

  Aug 24 2011 This is an interesting opinion piece that interrogates the response given by large law firms to client demands for greater efficiency. It points out that for all... more

• US BigLaw starts summer recruitment with high hopes

  Aug 18 2011 The recruitment drive for associates for the class of 2013 has begun in earnest, with recruiting partners coming on campus to assess the current crop for coveted... more

• Starting date prospects for associates: looking good

  Mar 30 2011 Interesting article here about the follow on effects of all those deferred start dates for associates during the height of the recession in 2008 and 2009. The... more

• Arbitrator finds Goodwin Proctor overcharged by $540,000

  Dec 14 2010 Law firms typically try to handle billing disputes in private, avoiding the bad press that inevitably comes with them but, in a rare public display of disaffection, an... more

• Washington DC's top lawyers talk about the future of BigLaw

  Dec 06 2010 The Big Law business model has fundamentally changed, according to the managing partners of some of Washington’s DC's top law firms. In a breakfast discussion... more

• Is the BigLaw model in peril?

  Dec 02 2010 A series of high profile transatlantic mergers between law firms that are ‘in less-than-brilliant shape’ has prompted commentators to question the future of the BigLaw... more

• BigLaw bonuses won't make you happy

  Nov 30 2010 This article points out that the big law model requires a high level of attrition, and maximum profit is achieved if a good number of associates leave after three or... more

• US Government lawyers see a two year salary freeze

  Nov 30 2010 The US Government has taken the step of freezing salaries on federal employees for two years. Lawyers who left big law looking for some stability during the... more

• Number of Big Law partners with an LL.M. on the rise

  Oct 29 2010 "If you want to do an LLM, then do so, but the degree gives you no advantage in securing an offer from us," reads an FAQ on the Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Global... more

• High fee potential in family law? BigLaw may want to take a look

  Sep 01 2010 The view that family law is not lucrative enough to attract the interest of large law firms may be changing, in light of a recent series of divorce cases that earned... more

• 100 Percent Offer Rates Reported for Summer Associates at Five BigLaw Firms

  Aug 03 2010 Above the Law lists five law firms that have made 100 percent offer rates: Ropes & Gray, extending offers to all 82 of its summer associates in all of its... more

• BigLaw Partners May Be Worth Top Pay, But What About Associates?

  Jan 06 2010 Amongst those at the top of the BigLaw ladder, partners at the ten highest-grossing law firms in Washington, D.C., have been earning seven-figure annual incomes and... more

• 40% of Firms Cut Starting Associate Pay, While 44% Consider 2010 Cut

  Dec 02 2009 Leaders of American’s top 200 law firms are more optimistic than they were a year ago. But associates may not be sharing that enthusiasm. An American Lawyer survey... more

• Billing Rates Projected to Increase 3.2% in 2010

  Dec 02 2009 BigLaw firms are shrinking and so are associate salaries. But billing rates are expected to go up next year. In the latest survey from the law firm consultancy... more

• Major US law firms reduce starting salaries to $110k-145k

  Nov 26 2009 BigLaw salaries for first-years see a downward trend. Morrison & Foerster and Haynes and Boone scaled its salaries down to $145,000. Reed Smith now has starting pay... more

• Despite Downturn, Top UK Lawyers Make Mega-Money

  Nov 12 2009 Although the economic downturn has lightened the wallets of even the highest-paid lawyers, many are still bringing home seven-figure paychecks. Among the top... more