DLA Piper is raising US associate pay by 10% in a move that will return salaries to pre-downturn levels, reports The National Law Journal.

A memo released to lawyers on Thursday (15 April) announced mid-year pay increases in the firm’s US offices outside of New York. DLA raised salaries in New York in January to pre-recession levels of $160,000 (£104,000) for first-year associates.