Latham
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Biglaw
Latham Calls Lawyers Back To Office, Even Though Midlevels Sit In Open Cubicles NOW
Maybe make sure they have enough office to come back to. - Sponsored
Luxury, Lies, And A $10 Million Embezzlement
In a scandal that rocked the business community, a former high-profile executive was sentenced to prison, plus five years of supervised release and restitution. -
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Biglaw
No. 2 Biglaw Firm In America Announces New Salary Scale For Associates
More money for hardworking associates is something that everyone can get behind. Congrats! -
Biglaw
No. 2 Biglaw Firm In America Finally Announces Market-Beating Bonuses
That's a lot of money! (But it was even more money last year.) -
Biglaw
All The Billion-Dollar Biglaw Firms: A Look At The Am Law 100
See which firms came out on top this year! -
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Biglaw
Latham Finally Announces Its Bonuses, With Median Bonuses That Beat The Market
Waiting to get a bonus doesn't seem so bad when the firm is dumping money on associates. - Sponsored
Thomson Reuters' Claims Explorer: A Powerful Tool For Legal Claim Identification
Claims Explorer equips attorneys with powerful functionality to mitigate the risk of missed claims and enhance their strategic decision-making processes. -
Biglaw
Latham's Take On New Salaries Includes A Boost For Senior Associates
Welcome to this summer's salary games! -
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Biglaw, Courts
Judicial Notice: Vernon Jordan, RIP
Plus other notable legal news from the week that was. -
Biglaw
Latham Bonuses Are Out And The Median Bonuses Beat The Market
With big bonus numbers like this, waiting isn't so bad! -
Biglaw
Latham Just Shocked Us All With Fall Bonuses!
Plus they announced a charitable giving program.
Sponsored
Law Firm Business Development Is More Than Relationship Building
Curbing Client And Talent Loss With Productivity Tech
Tackling Deposition Anxiety: How AI Is Changing The Way Lawyers Do Depositions
Sponsored
Thomson Reuters' Claims Explorer: A Powerful Tool For Legal Claim Identification
Luxury, Lies, And A $10 Million Embezzlement
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Biglaw
Biglaw Poster Child For 2009 Layoffs Still Plans To Hold Summer Associate Program
COVID-19 won't be as catastrophic for the firm as the Great Recession. -
Biglaw
Latham Joins The Market For Associate Compensation -- Is This A Good Time To Ask If Staff Will Get The Same Love?
While we celebrate associate raises, perhaps it's time to think about all the other employees that make a Biglaw firm run. -
Law Schools
Stop Blaming The Pipeline For The Lack Of Diversity In The Legal Profession And Start Investing In It
Without significant changes, diversity in the legal industry will remain on life support. -
Biglaw, Women's Issues
Biglaw Firm Makes Life Easier For Working Mothers
This is the second firm to offer such a revolutionary perk. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.02.17
* Remember when Trump recaptured the news cycle from the string of blunders and Russian scandals that rocked his first month? That seems like just yesterday…. [Washington Post]
* What happens to lawyers after they
publicly demean themselvesappear on The Bachelor? [The Ringer]* After a massive scandal, Wells Fargo is slashing executive pay in the name of accountability. Well, by “slashing,” they mean “the people who failed to pick up the fraud will still make millions,” but it’s the tokenistic thought that counts. [Corporate Counsel]
* JP Morgan replaced 360,000 hours of annual legal work with a robot that does the work in seconds. That sounds impressive, but when you control for Biglaw hour padding the software really replaced about 20 minutes of work. [Bloomberg Markets]
* Yahoo’s GC resigned over their cybersecurity kerfuffle. Most Americans greet the news by wondering, “wait, Yahoo is still around?” [NY Times]
* Salary increases may be nice, but it just intensifies senior skepticism over what young associates really bring to the table. [Law360]
* Gibson Dunn building its Houston office on with Latham laterals. [Texas Lawyer]
* Even with revenue down, Bryan Cave manages to get PPP up. [Am Law Daily]
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Biglaw, Career Alternatives
Biglaw Associate Who Moonlights As Opera Singer To Perform At Carnegie Hall
Wow! If you'd like to support a Biglaw attorney who managed to dream the impossible dream, tickets are available here. -
Biglaw, Law Schools
The Best (And Worst) New York Law Schools For Biglaw Jobs
Which schools open the most Biglaw doors?