Best Lawyer Books Albert Goodwin, LawFuel contributor You’d think after 30 years in the legal trenches, I’d have seen it all. But just when I thought I had this profession figured out, along comes a lawyer citing non-existent cases from ChatGPT in federal court. Talk about a facepalm moment! It’s enough to make you want […]
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The Big Law Pay Structure Upset Albert Goodwin, LawFuel Big Law editor Big law pay structure moves have been very much in the news of late, but now a move but A&O Shearman has bucked a recent trend by big law firms towards a salaried partner tier by having a full all-equity pay model. A&O
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Ambitious Attorneys Are Shattering Pay and Partnership Norms Law firms are witnessing an unprecedented surge in partner compensation, with top-performing lawyers in Big Law firms commanding salaries that exceed $20 million annually with suggestions that that figure will be surpassed to as much as $30 million. AbovetheLaw reported on Law.com’s report (this is what legal
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Will the London Law Salary War Polarize Law Firms? As more law firms continue to ratchet up their pay rates in the London legal market there is only going to be increased competition for legal talent in London with salaries reaching what the Financial Times called ‘insane’. The salary increases for newly qualified lawyers at
Albert Goodwin, Contribing LawFuel editor As lawyers and others push for a return to the office, a trend towards ‘coffee badging’ – the practice of briefly showing up at the physical office, often just long enough to grab a coffee and interact with coworkers, before leaving to complete the rest of the workday remotely. A
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Is The KC for real, or is he grandstanding? Albert Goodwin, LawFuel correspondent Karim A A Khan KC has appeared to have turned the tables on both the countries that proposed his membership to the Interntionational Criminal Court – the UK and Israel – with the showcase announcement for the issuing of arrest warrants for
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The NQ Associate Battleground UK law firms are risking future growth prospects with their mounting pay for associates, according to a report in BloombergLaw, quoting various law firm recruiters and others on the London pay battleground that we have been reporting on for some months. The pay rises in recent months have been significant: Linklaters
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In the latest salvo of the intensifying war for legal talent among top City firms, Quinn Emanuel has fired a shot across the bow, significantly boosting pay for its newly minted solicitors in London with a major legal pay increase. The powerhouse US-based litigation boutique, the storied ‘most feared’ litigation firm, is raising base salaries
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Law Firm Pay Changes Albert Goodwin, LawFuel contributor Davis Polk chair, Neil Barr, sees the next 18 months as a key period that will reshape the legal industry landscape with increased lateral hiring and changes to law firm pay models, according to a report in Bloomberg Law. Lawfuel reported on the lateral recruitment move in
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Examining 2024’s Top Law Schools The US News Law School rankings always play a key role in perceptions of law school excellence – or otherwise – and the latest US News law school rankings for 2023-2024 continue their tradition of both observation and controversy. The rankings were delayed through law schools’ refusing to provide US
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