Susman Godfrey Announces Record Year-End Bonuses for Associates
U.S. litigation firm Susman Godfrey has declared that it will distribute year-end bonuses to its associates, reaching unprecedented amounts of…
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Top Law Firms Follow Suit in Salary Raises to Match Big Law Standards
Ropes & Gray, White & Case, and Weil Gotshal & Manges Join Salary Surge In a sweeping trend, several of…
U.S. Law Firm Milbank Matches Rival Cravath’s Compensation Scale
Milbank Responds to Market Dynamics In a strategic move responding to recent developments in the legal industry, Milbank, a prominent…
Milbank Law Firm Boosts Attorney Salaries and Year-End Bonuses
New York-based law firm Milbank, known for igniting a salary war in the legal industry last year, has again raised…
Are Associate Attorneys Beginning to Enjoy Their Job More?
Summary: The work demanded of associates used to be so daunting that making it just a few years in the…
“Cravath Effect” Takes Place with Several Firms Upping Salary Rates
Summary: Cravath Swaine & Moore was the first to make the move, but other law firms wasted no time in…
Lockstep Returns to Linklaters
UK-based firm Linklaters , which last year lowered associate pay raises, announced it is returning to full lockstep compensation for…
Freshfields Unfreezes Associate Lockstep; Unveils 2010 Rates
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is the first top U.K. law firm to announce associate salary rates for 2010, with the firm…
Sidley Austin Salary Thaw and Double Raise
After issuing another round of paychecks at 2008 salary levels, Sidley Austin today announced its 2010 compensation plan. Salaries have…
Winston & Strawn Keeps Salaries Frozen
Winston & Strawn froze salaries last year and now it appears that the freeze is still on. Associates received emails…
Raises (sort of) and Bonuses at Pillsbury
Let's start with the easy part. Associates in the New York office of Pillsbury are having their salaries restored to…
Mayer Brown Raises Salaries Back to Pre-Recession Levels
The salary marketis starting to crystallize now. Mayer Brown today joined other top tier firms in restoring associate salaries back…