Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Jul 6, 2020)
Recent reports on lateral hires, financial data, salaries, and hiring trends in BigLaw.
"Will Summer Associates Get Hired Over Zoom?," Law.com
"As Firms Emerge From Quarantine, Some Furloughed Staff Won't Be Joining Them," The American Lawyer
"Troutman Pepper Merger Goes Live, Even as Pandemic Keeps New Colleagues Apart," The American Lawyer
"COVID-19 Brings Law Firm Mergers to a Halt," The American Lawyer
"Very Few Law Firm Mergers on Horizon for Rest of 2020," The American Lawyer
"Buoyed by Recent Gains, Firms Embrace Opportunistic Hiring Amid Pandemic," The American Lawyer
"DLA Piper Latest Law Firm to Cut UK NQ Salaries," Law.com International
"Earnings at Law Firms in Australia Increase Despite COVID-19," Law.com International
"Katten Makes Some Furloughed Business Administration Employees Permanent Cuts," The American Lawyer
"Up or Out: Why Litigation Associates Need to Make a Decision by Their Fourth Year," The American Lawyer
"Baker McKenzie Promotes 85 Lawyers With Tax, Disputes Gaining Most New Partners," Law.com International
"DWF To Axe 60 People, Close Two Offices," Law.com International
"The Great Unbundling," Legal Evolution
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