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Study: Growing Pay Gap for Associates

A study by the National Association for Law Placement, or NALP, shows a widening disparity in law firm associate salaries,…

Schnader, which held layoffs in April, has cut associate salaries by $10,000; and partners have agreed to a 5% reduction…

Florida's Ruden McClosky, which laid off two lawyers and 18 staff in May, is cutting associate and non-equity partner compensation…

Last week we reported that Los Angeles' American Discovery is hiring 100 attorneys for its document review offices in the…

Recent laterals and layoffs in the legal sector: Linklaters has hired Robin Maxwell away from Goodwin Procter for its New…

Pillsbury has missed its own deadline to inform 22 of its 54 incoming associates that they will be deferred again,…

Tennessee's Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel has brought on two new attorney hires. Robert M. "Mark" Addison joins as partner from…

In a year when most big law firms are seeing a drop in revenue, the UK's Ince & Co is…

The other day, we reported about layoffs at Harvard Law School. We now know that 12 staffers were let go…

Indianapolis, Indiana business law firm Alerding Castor is merging with the practice of Brian Hewitt, and setting moving to a…

Cleveland, Ohio's Reminger law firm will open an office in Louisville, Kentucky on July 1st. Managing partner Donald L. Miller…

Six Chicago lawyers have been hired by the Blagojevich defense team as pretrial contract lawyers, to examine the 3.5 million…