Compensation

Most Lucrative BigLaw Practice Areas Lack Women

April 19, 2017

The percentage of female attorneys is lowest in BigLaw practice areas that pay the most, according to a recent study. […]

Associate Raises Squeeze BigLaw Partners

April 19, 2017

Paying associates more has helped BigLaw firms retain young lawyers, but that salary bump has come out of partners’ pockets […]

Wells Fargo Clawing Back $75M From Former Execs

April 11, 2017

Wells Fargo has pinned blame for its fraudulent account scandal on two former executives, moving this week to claw back […]

Associate Attorney Rates Outpacing Partners’

March 29, 2017

Year-over-year rates for associate attorneys grew at more than double that of partners in 2015, according to a report issued […]

Deutsche Bank Won’t Pay For Work By Junior Attorneys

March 23, 2017

Deutsche Bank has informed law firms in the U.K. that it will no longer pay for work done by junior […]

Dems Sending Tainted Money Back To Boston Law Firm

March 9, 2017

Senator Al Franken of Minnesota is the latest high-profile Democrat to return money to a Boston law firm that was […]

Judge Launches Investigation Into Law Firms’ Inflated Bills

February 14, 2017

A federal judge in Boston plans to appoint a special master to investigate questionable billing practices by Thornton Law Firm […]

The Billable Hour Is Dead

January 14, 2017

The vast majority of law firm work is done outside the traditional billable hour model, because of budgetary limits imposed […]

Meet Trump’s $1,500-Per-Hour Lawyer

January 12, 2017

Litigator Marc Kasowitz, founder of Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman, has always been a guy you go to when you […]

Public Defender Offices Starting To Sue – And Win

January 8, 2017

Indigent defense advocates are increasingly suing, saying they’re given inadequate funding, and some are winning. At least five lawsuits in […]

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