Commentary

Reed Smith Is Ballsy. Plus: Ex-Big Law Associate Is Candidate for ‘Her Wickedness’

Vivia Chen | June 20, 2018

You have to hand it to the firm for openly admitting that it won't be joining the Big Law flock in upping associate salary. Also, UVA law grad makes Trump proud.

Expert Opinion

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

Jae Um| June 20, 2018

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.

News

Southern Poverty Law Center Pays $3.4M to Resolve Defamation Case

Scott Flaherty | June 20, 2018

Notching a win for Kirkland & Ellis expatriates now at litigation boutique Clare Locke, a well-known civil rights group also agreed to apologize for a report that listed a Muslim activist as an anti-Islamic extremist.

News

This Reed Smith Partner Knows All About Yodeling, Especially for Young Stars

Miriam Rozen | June 20, 2018

News of an emerging talent “spreads like wildfire” these days, said the leader of Reed Smith's entertainment practice, who is advising an 11-year-old yodeler, the music industry's latest sensation.

News

Hogan Lovells Sheds 54 Support Staff Jobs

Hannah Roberts| June 20, 2018

The global legal giant is trimming its support staff ranks in London as it prepares to move those roles to new back offices in England, South Africa and the U.S.

Expert Opinion

Yes, Counselor, You’ll Retire Someday. Avoid These Financial Pitfalls Now.

Justin Peacock| June 20, 2018

As a lawyer, you like to think about what’s next. You spend your career climbing the ladder from first-year associate to income partner to equity partner. But have you spent enough time thinking about life after the law?

News

Seyfarth Hit With $40M Malpractice Action in NY

Scott Flaherty | June 19, 2018

Manhattan's Blue Dog restaurant group was less-than-satisfied with the work of Seyfarth Shaw in a landlord-tenant dispute and is now in bankruptcy court looking to make the firm pay.

News

Jackson Lewis Taps NYC, Albany Duo As Next Leaders

Dan Packel | June 19, 2018

Albany-based William Anthony and New York City-based Kevin Lauri will take over in 2019 at the labor and employment giant for current chairman Vincent Cino, who has been chair since 2012.

News

White-Collar Duo With Fantasy Sports Ties Leaves Dentons for Arent Fox

Roy Strom | June 19, 2018

A former leader of Dentons' U.S. white-collar practice also brings to Arent Fox a bustling business in advising fantasy sports companies, one that could become more lucrative after a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

News

Ex-Partner Accuses Jones Day of 'Fraternity' Environment, Gender Bias

Scott Flaherty | June 19, 2018

Jones Day is the latest large law firm to face claims of gender discrimination. Wendy Moore, now a partner at Perkins Coie, alleges in a new suit that her former firm operates as a boys' club and marginalizes women.

News

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

Meghan Tribe | June 19, 2018

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

News

PwC Legal Continues Asia Expansion; Hong Kong Affiliate Makes Multiple Partner Hires

John Kang | June 19, 2018

Since launching last year, PwC's affiliate firm in Hong Kong, Tiang & Co., has expanded to about 16 lawyers.

News

Let's Stay Together: Clients Angry About Associate Raises But Will Probably Keep Firms Anyway

Dan Clark | June 19, 2018

In-house leaders have expressed their ire about associate raises handed out by Milbank and other firms, but experts say they are still likely to stick with their outside counsel.

News

Reed Smith, Citing 'Interests of Clients,' Won't Increase Associate Salaries

Krishnan Nair | June 19, 2018

While the firm is keeping its options open, the head of legal personnel said it has decided to hold salaries steady for now.

News

Wilson Sonsini to Launch London Office

Ben Wheway| June 19, 2018

The firm, a longtime legal adviser to leading technology giants such as Google, LinkedIn and Twitter, is poised to open a London office on Aug. 1.

News

Former Alaska Gov. Joins Holland & Hart in Anchorage

Dan Packel | June 18, 2018

Sean Parnell was lieutenant governor under Sarah Palin and took over after her 2009 resignation. His resume also includes a stint as a partner at Patton Boggs.

News

Greenberg IP Team Decamps for Goodwin Procter

Scott Graham | June 18, 2018

The moves boost Goodwin's ITC practice, and come a few weeks after Greenberg hired a new leader to head its ITC group.

News

Debevoise Bags Cadwalader's Financial Services Co-Chair

Miriam Rozen | June 18, 2018

The firm has hired Jeffrey Robins, co-chair of the financial services group at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft.

News

Regulators Become Cadwalader Clients as Tech Investment Begins to Pay Off

Roy Strom | June 18, 2018

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft's recently re-launched Cadwalader Cabinet, a financial regulatory and intelligence platform owned by the firm, is an example of Big Law’s movement to offer services that don't rely on a lawyer’s time.

News

Who Is David Taylor? Meet the Theranos GC Who Just Became the Troubled Company's CEO

Caroline Spiezio | June 18, 2018

Taylor will have his work cut out for him, replacing former CEO Elizabeth Holmes at a company that has been stuck in a downward spiral of legal troubles and bad headlines.

News

White & Case Lands in Chicago with Small Office, Big Ambitions

Meghan Tribe | June 18, 2018

The international firm has high hopes for the Windy City, where it plans to grow to at least 100 lawyers "with all due speed."

News

Baker Botts Eyes NYC, London Expansion as Corporate Chair Heads North

Dan Packel | June 15, 2018

Energy M&A pro Mike Bengtson has moved his practice from Texas to New York, both to leverage his own transactional expertise there and to oversee planned growth in London and the Bay Area.

News

The Associate Salary Race: A Survivor's Guide

Meghan Tribe | June 15, 2018

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

Profile

At Last: Convict-Turned-Skadden Fellow Set to Join Washington Bar

Scott Flaherty | June 15, 2018

A former nurse who went to law school after a 20-month prison term on drug offenses, Tarra Simmons has finally reached the last step on her path from inmate to practicing lawyer. On Saturday, she'll be sworn in to the Washington State Bar.

News

CLOC Survey Shows In-House Legal May Rethink Staffing After Associate Raises—Or Maybe Not

Dan Clark | June 15, 2018

A recent survey from the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium took its members' temperature on associate pay. There was frustration expressed about the Milbank raises, but some indicated they'd be understanding—as long as the costs didn't land on the corporate legal balance sheet.

News

Despite Comcast Bid After AT&T's Big Win, No 'Avalanche' of M&A in Offing

Miriam Rozen | June 15, 2018

A federal judge's ruling clearing the way for a combination between AT&T Inc. and Time Warner Inc., as well as dueling bids for the assets of 21st Century Fox Inc., have many hoping for an M&A wave. But optimistic outlooks should be tempered, said some deal lawyers.

Commentary

Prospering in the 'New Normal'

J. Mark Santiago| June 15, 2018

Raising Costs and Declining Demand are Sapping Profits

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.

Podcast

Landing Big Clients: Top Women Partners Reveal How It's Done

Leigh Jones | Vanessa Blum | June 15, 2018

The Careerist's interview with Robbie Kaplan and Sharon Nelles is the first in an occasional series focused on the struggles and successes of women and minority lawyers.

News

Turning Again to Ropes & Gray, Bain Capital Names Securities Litigator as New GC

Kristen Rasmussen | June 15, 2018

Christopher Green, co-lead of Ropes & Gray's global private equity and hedge fund SEC enforcement and litigation group, will become Bain’s managing director and general counsel, beginning his transition Sept. 1. He will succeed Sean Doherty, a former Ropes & Gray lawyer, who is retiring after 13 years at Bain to pursue other interests, including venture philanthropic work.

Expert Opinion

What's Market-Rate Compensation for a Midlevel Associate Heading In-House?

Julie Q. Brush| June 15, 2018

Moving in-house is an alluring proposition that has been a major driver for the exodus of today’s young law firm associates.

News

Asia Pacific Attractive for Private Equity Buyouts, Especially Southeast Asia, Survey Says

John Kang | June 15, 2018

“A net balance of a quarter of LPs think that Southeast Asia will be more attractive for buyouts in the next three years,” said the report.

Event

Kirkland, Skadden Take Home Top Honors at Transatlantic Legal Awards

Rose Walker| June 15, 2018

The Transatlantic Legal Awards, hosted by LegalWeek, The American Lawyer and Corporate Counsel, took place in London June 14.

News

Latham Guides US to Winning 2026 World Cup Bid

Dan Packel | June 14, 2018

The firm has a long-standing relationship with the U.S. Soccer Federation, and also advised it on its unsuccessful 2022 World Cup bid.

News

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

Meghan Tribe | June 14, 2018

With Cleary Gottlieb; Kirkland; Skadden; Weil, Gotshal & 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.

News

Antitrust Vet Richard Parker Leaves O'Melveny for Gibson Dunn

Ryan Lovelace | June 14, 2018

The move comes days after the antitrust group at O'Melveny scored a mammoth M&A win for AT&T.

Analysis

These Boutiques Aren't Hesitating to Match Milbank on Associate Pay

Lizzy McLellan| June 14, 2018

Several elite litigation boutiques are keeping pace with salary increases at Milbank and Cravath. One hints it's about to go even higher.

Commentary

The Keys to Putting Together a Decent Proposal

Kevin L. Sullivan and Maxine Wilson| June 14, 2018

When responding to a request for proposal, ask yourself some tough questions before taking action.

News

Big Law Alum Nets Big Payday to Lead Renegade Football League

Brian Baxter | June 14, 2018

Oliver Luck, a former associate at Fulbright & Jaworski, has reportedly received a $20 million guarantee to serve as commissioner of Vince McMahon’s revived XFL. K&L Gates took the lead on the matter for the wrestling industry titan.

News

Wilson Sonsini Lands Global Dealmaker, Elevates Associate to Innovation Role

Xiumei Dong | June 14, 2018

Squire Patton Boggs corporate and securities partner Kenji Funahashi has joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Los Angeles, as the latter has also promoted associate David Yi Wang to a new role in Silicon Valley.

News

Akerman's Midmarket PE Growth Continues With Vedder Price Hire

Dan Packel | June 13, 2018

New York partner Michael O'Brien spent just over a year at Vedder Price, after stints at Sidley Austin, Wilmer and King & Spalding.

News

Ex-Stroock Partner, ERISA Practice Leader Lands at Dechert

Miriam Rozen | June 13, 2018

“I’m going to continue to be very busy, living and loving it,” said Steven Rabitz, who moved his ERISA practice and financial services industry clients from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan to Dechert.

News

Will LeClairRyan's UnitedLex Deal Be the Accelerant Big Law Innovation Needs?

Roy Strom | June 13, 2018

A New Law initiative could face some of the same old obstacles to change in the high-end legal services industry.

Commentary

Yes, White Men Can Apply Too

Vivia Chen | June 13, 2018

Boston-based Brown Rudnick just debuted a diversity fellowship open to all 1Ls who are the first in their family to go to college.

Update

McDermott to Drop Michael Cohen as Client: Sources

Ryan Lovelace | Colby Hamilton | June 13, 2018

Cohen may soon be fighting multiple legal challenges without his high-powered lawyers from McDermott, Will & Emery at his side.

Milbank and Weil Make Headlines; UnitedLex, Dentons, and Deloitte Make Waves

Mark A. Cohen| June 13, 2018

Big announcements by UnitedLex, Dentons, and Deloitte are getting drowned out by the noise of salary increases for associates.

News

UnitedLex and LeClairRyan Announce Innovative New Law Venture

Miriam Rozen | June 13, 2018

LeClairRyan has become the first law firm to sign on to what UnitedLex Corp. hopes will be a pioneering alliance between Big Law and New Law. The company's CEO expects that law firms could see their profits per partner rise up to 15 percent a year if they join the newly formed ULX Partners.

News

Jones Day's Newest Partner Seeks Nuclear Power Plant Proliferation

Roy Strom | June 13, 2018

Elise Zoli, a former chair of the energy practice at Goodwin Procter, has joined Jones Day as a partner in Boston. And she wants more nuclear power plants.

News

Sidley Private Equity Practice Head Jumps to Willkie

Dan Packel | June 12, 2018

Matthew Rizzo, who formerly led Sidley Austin's private equity practice, has joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher in New York, while Jessica Sheridan has come aboard in Texas.

Sidley Private Equity Practice Head Jumps to Willkie in NY

Dan Packel| June 12, 2018

Matthew Rizzo, who formerly led Sidley Austin's private equity practice, has joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher in New York, while Jessica Sheridan has come aboard in Texas.

News

Former Big Five Legal Services Offshoot Andersen Global Enters Asia Via Indian Tie-Up

John Kang | June 12, 2018

Andersen Global's expansion into Asia comes as the Big Four accounting firms have been growing and expanding their legal services offerings in the region.

Live Coverage

4 GCs, 4 Different Strategies for Reducing Cost Through Legal Operations

Zach Warren | June 12, 2018

Four general counsel at the ACC's Legal Operations Conference keynote explained their different approaches to the same issue: demonstrating value to the business.

News

Seasoned Women Lawyers Gaining Leverage in Salary Talks

Miriam Rozen | June 12, 2018

“It’s a perfect storm in a good way,” said Kent Zimmermann, a principal at legal consulting firm the Zeughauser Group, about the current landscape for female lawyers seeking pay raises.

When Regional Legal Markets Get “Invaded”: The Impact on Local Firms

Nicholas Bruch, Senior Analyst ALM Legal Intelligence | June 12, 2018

An excerpt of ALM Intelligence's recent report on the invasion of regional legal markets and how mid-sized firms should respond.

Expert Opinion

Largest, Most Pedigreed Firms Underperform on Service Quality Compared to Other Firms

Firoz Dattu and Aaron Kotok| June 12, 2018

AdvanceLaw offers its second major finding out of its GC Thought Leaders Experiment.

Commentary

Law and Lemmings: Associate Salary Increases Are a Mass Act of Self-Harm

Hugh A. Simons| June 12, 2018

By matching Milbank’s pay raise, firms in the middle of the Am Law 200 are paving a path to ruin.

News

Squire Patton Boggs Resolves China Intellectual Property Disputes Over Its Name

Anna Zhang | June 12, 2018

Four years after a company commandeered official use of the firm's name in China, the U.S. firm said it is now in full ownership of all trademarks and domain names in the country.

News

Interest in Law Firm IPOs on the Rise in UK

Hannah Roberts| June 12, 2018

Twenty percent of the U.K.'s top 100 law firm financial directors would now consider an IPO, up from just 4 percent four years ago.

News

Cravath Sets New High in Associate Salary Race

Meghan Tribe | June 11, 2018

The new associate salary scale set by Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy last week has been surpassed by Cravath, Swaine & Moore. The firm has agreed to pay $5,000 and $10,000 more for its midlevel and senior associates.

Analysis

As Big Law Floods Regional Markets, Will Local Firms Sink or Swim?

Lizzy McLellan | June 11, 2018

Large firms are a growing presence across the U.S., but midsize firms can still compete.

News

King & Spalding Can’t Shake Ex-Associate’s Suit in ZTE Matter

Roy Strom | June 11, 2018

The firm may soon face a trial that could provide details on both the travails of the Big Law partnership track and an embarrassing episode that almost led to King & Spalding facing sanctions.

News

Baker & McKenzie Taps Williams & Connolly in 'Operation Carwash' Malpractice Suit

Dan Packel | June 11, 2018

The global firm and its Brazilian affiliate stand accused of putting a $3.18 billion settlement in jeopardy by adding a lawyer still employed as a federal prosecutor to a conglomerate's defense team.

News

Deloitte Bets on Immigration Law, but Big Four Won't be Content With Niches

Dan Packel | June 11, 2018

What does Deloitte's recently announced tie-up with immigration law firm Berry Appleman mean for the Big Four's advance into legal services?

News

New York Boutique Selendy & Gay Matches Milbank Salary Scale

Meghan Tribe | June 11, 2018

No word yet on whether Philippe Selendy and Faith Gay's alma mater, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, is also boosting associate pay.

News

Alleging Treatment as 'Sexual Object,' Dentons Employee Sues Firm

Roy Strom | June 11, 2018

The global legal giant has been hit with an explosive suit in New York by a marketing and business development specialist.

News

Some Law Firm Staff See Pay Gap Widen as Associate Salaries Soar

Christine Simmons | June 11, 2018

“If they had such a profitable year,” why can’t they give more to staff, one legal secretary asked of her firm. Others say they are paid fairly, and associate raises are well deserved.

News

Not Just Corporate: Law Firms Too Are Struggling With GDPR Compliance

Rhys Dipshan | June 11, 2018

A survey by Wolters Kluwer found that less than half of law firms are fully prepared to meet the GDPR’s requirements.

Best Practices

How to Execute a Legal Project

Lean Adviser Legal| June 11, 2018

Establish what's critical, and then focus on that, applying the appropriate resources to every necessary task.

News

Nelson Mullins to Merge With Florida's Broad and Cassel, Creating 725-Lawyer Firm

Meredith Hobbs | June 11, 2018

Nelson Mullins, with its center of gravity in Atlanta and the Carolinas, adds Florida to its footprint and forecasts health care, real estate and litigation opportunities in its merger with Broad and Cassel.

News

New Study Finds Most Law Firms Mum on Mandatory Arbitration for Summer Associates

Meghan Tribe | June 11, 2018

At least five notable firms will require their 2019 summer associate classes to agree to mandatory arbitration provisions, according to a new survey released Monday by students from the nation's top law schools. Nearly half of firms surveyed remained silent about whether they would ask their young talent to assent to such obligations.

News

Fisher Phillips Names SoCal Partner as Firm's First Chief Diversity Officer

Ross Todd | June 08, 2018

The national labor and employment law firm, which ranked 116th out of 227 firms on The American Lawyer’s most recent Diversity Scorecard, announced Friday that it had named Southern California-based partner Regina Petty as the firm's first chief diversity officer.

News

7th Circuit Strips Jones Day's $307K Legal-Fee Award in EEOC Case

Erin Mulvaney | June 08, 2018

"The EEOC’s theory was not that fruitless. Precedent may not have favored it, but the fee statute does not punish a civil rights litigant for pursuing a novel, even if ambitious, theory," Seventh Circuit Chief Justice Diane Wood wrote Friday. Jones Day's Eric Dreiband was chief counsel for CVS in the litigation.

News

Hello Restaurant World, Goodbye Big Law

Miriam Rozen | June 08, 2018

Jonathan Nelms, a former partner at Baker McKenzie in Moscow and Washington, D.C., has left the global legal giant to start the first Georgian establishment in the nation's capital.

News

Greenberg Traurig Lands IP Partner From Fried Frank

Dan Packel | June 08, 2018

IP litigator Scott Doyle will head the firm's International Trade Commission practice. For the last three years, he was at the helm of Fried Frank's IP litigation practice.

News

Harriet Miers' Nonprofit Client Hit With Discovery Abuse Sanctions

Miriam Rozen | June 08, 2018

The Locke Lord partner and former U.S. Supreme Court nominee is caught up in a dispute involving a Christian charity based in Texas.

News

Ex-Ropes & Gray IP Chair Starts Windy City Boutique

Roy Strom | June 08, 2018

The Big Law-to-boutique move comes about a year after Ropes & Gray spun off its patent prosecution practice.

‘The Tone Deafness Is Astounding': Clients Unhappy About Milbank Associate Raise Announcement

Caroline Spiezio | Dan Clark | June 08, 2018

In-house leaders didn't pull punches in their evaluation of Milbank's big associate raises.

Commentary

This Firm Has Gender, Diversity Problems. But It Isn't Hiding Them.

Vivia Chen | June 08, 2018

Dickinson Wright says it's determined to make progress following a report by the University of Michigan that shed light on its numbers.

Podcast

This Big Law Leader Decided to Match Milbank. Why?

Leigh Jones | Vanessa Blum | June 08, 2018

Winston & Strawn Chairman Tom Fitzgerald discusses the reasons behind his firm's move to boost associate salaries. Plus, Law.com senior editor Brian Baxter shares what's buzzing in the legal community about the increases and how they stack up to previous salary hikes.

What’s a Reasonable Ratio of Partner Comp to Associate Starting Salary?

Hugh A. Simons| June 08, 2018

If you said 10-to-1, then less than 50 firms have associate salaries in check.

News

7-Attorney Real Estate Finance Group Heads to King & Spalding

Christine Simmons | June 07, 2018

The lawyers, based in New York, jumped to King & Spalding from 100-lawyer Riemer & Braunstein.

News

Norton Rose Fulbright Rebuilds Cybersecurity Group With New Practice Leaders

Miriam Rozen | June 07, 2018

Five months after watching the leaders of its cybersecurity and data protection team decamp for Cooley, Norton Rose Fulbright has raided two other Am Law 100 firms to restock its privacy practice.

News

Law Librarians Accuse Lexis of Anti-Competitive Bundling

Dan Packel | June 07, 2018

Since last summer, the company has allegedly been forcing Am Law 200 clients and others to subscribe to Lexis Advance to access its other products.

News

Paul Weiss Finds 76ers' Colangelo Was 'Reckless' in Twitter Scandal

Ben Seal | June 07, 2018

Bryan Colangelo's wife released "sensitive, nonpublic, club-related information" from a series of anonymous accounts, leading the former president of basketball operations to resign.

News

Legal Operations in the US vs. Europe: Is it So Different Across the Pond?

Dan Clark | June 07, 2018

There are some distinctions, experts say, but ops is not as different in Europe as one might expect.

Should Your Firm Match Milbank?

Hugh A. Simons| June 07, 2018

A cold-hearted look at market data and dynamics suggests firms would do well to approach the incipient round of salary increases extremely thoughtfully

News

New Katten Hire, a World Traveler, Is a Seasoned Securitization Veteran

Roy Strom | June 06, 2018

From Hong Kong to Tokyo to Abu Dhabi and New York, Paul Kruger has worked in a variety of Big Law locales. His latest lateral move sees him transition between two leading firms.

News

Labor, Not Lobster, Legal Giant Heads to Maine

Miriam Rozen | June 06, 2018

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart is betting that the state's largest city is big enough for two national labor and employment firms.

News

Pa. Justice Discloses Contributions From Firm Representing Meek Mill

Max Mitchell | June 06, 2018

Meek Mill's legal team is no stranger to digging into the background of jurists and raising issues they think may create a conflict, but as the Pennsylvania Supreme Court begins considering the rapper's latest appeal, Justice Debra Todd is getting out ahead of any possible claims that campaign contributions might influence her handling of the case.

News

In Sheppard Mullin Fee Case, California Justices Question Undisclosed Conflict

Ross Todd | June 06, 2018

Justice Ming Chin asked "when you find out that you’re representing two parties in a litigation … isn’t there a duty to give notice rather than hiding it under all this complexity?"

News

Your Law Firm is Paying You $190K Right Out of Law School. Now What?

MP McQueen | June 06, 2018

Even as associate salaries climb, lawyers are seeing pensions shrink and the promises of partnership fade.

News

Simpson Thacher Matches Milbank Salary Scale, Adds Summer Bonuses

Christine Simmons | June 06, 2018

Associates "in good standing" will receive midyear bonuses in addition to pay increases matching those set by Milbank earlier this week.

News

Deloitte Will Acquire Part of US Law Firm in New Legal Venture

Dan Packel | June 06, 2018

The Big Four are continuing their march into the legal services realm. In addition to an alliance with Berry Appleman & Leiden's U.S. operations, Deloitte UK will acquire the firm's eight overseas offices.

News

Winstead and Troutman Sanders in Merger Talks

Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | June 05, 2018

A merger of Dallas-based Winstead and Atlanta's Troutman Sanders would create a firm with close to 1,000 lawyers and gross revenue of about $725 million.

Commentary

This is an Awesome Time to be a Big Law Associate—Not!

Vivia Chen | June 05, 2018

Too much upbeat news makes The Careerist skittish. And there's plenty out there right now for young lawyers.

News

The $190K Question: Will Clients Balk at Rising Associate Salaries?

Meghan Tribe | June 05, 2018

Winston & Strawn and Proskauer have already matched Milbank's new pay scale. As others debate whether to join them, clients may not all be content to sit on the sidelines.

Analysis

International Law Firms Are Opening Offices in Tokyo Again

John Kang | June 05, 2018

Firms like Mayer Brown, Debevoise & Plimpton and King & Spalding came to Japan riding on a recent wave of outbound projects and M&A deals.

News

Dechert Lands UK-Based Former US Prosecutor From Kobre & Kim

Dan Packel | June 05, 2018

Former Brooklyn federal prosecutor Roger Burlingame is joining Dechert in London, leaving behind the fast-growing boutique that first lured him across the Atlantic.

Expert Opinion

Law Firms Are Increasing Leverage, and They Shouldn't Stop

Hugh A. Simons and Nicholas Bruch| June 05, 2018

Law firms have a lot of room to increase leverage, despite clients pushing back against the use of more junior lawyers.

News

Simpson Thacher Launches New Associate Training Program

Meghan Tribe | June 05, 2018

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is partnering with Columbia Business School, hoping to speed new associates' ascent up the legal and business learning curve they'll face at the firm.

News

Yankee Practitioners Cheer US Bankruptcy Court's Recognition of British Flexibility

Miriam Rozen | June 05, 2018

What type of clients will be able to take advantage of the new opportunities created with a U.S. bankruptcy judge's recent opinion recognizing U.K. third-party releases?