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Practising Law Institute Set to Discuss ‘Hot Button’ Topics

The non-profit Practising Law Institute (PLI) will launch its newest state-of-the-art legal education seminar Feb 1 in New York City.…

At the start of 2009 Arnold & Porter announced that it was freezing salaries but held out the hope that…

Kramer Levin is paying bonuses mid February and they are based on the Cravath scale. To be eligible for a…

Quin Emanuel is making its naughty and nice list. Those who were naughty are getting a lump of coal, and…

First a little background: Hogan & Hartson pays associates on a two tier system, where associates can choose to receive…

I have a mental image of two giants staring each other down inside a locked steel cage before charging at…

Allen Matkins is having a rough year. Back at the end of March the firm let some attorneys go. First…

Boston’s Mintz Levin, which just laid off an undisclosed number of attorneys and staff, has cut associate salaries. The salary…

Manchester, UK’s Halliwells, which in March launched a redundancy consultation targeting 30, is cutting attorneys' working hours, but not adjusting…

Kaye Scholer is cutting pay for associates who bill under 1,600 hours this year. First- and second-years who aren't on…

Pillsbury, which offered associates $60,000 to leave the firm, is imposing associate salary reductions based on hours. Salaries are being…

According to the Hildebrandt International Peer Monitor Index, demand for legal services dropped by more than 8% compared to Q1…