Salaries
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Biglaw
Biglaw Gaslighting 101: Blaming Layoffs On Associate Salaries
Blaming employees for making too much money is always poor form but in Biglaw it's also complete nonsense. -
Small Law Firms
Solos And Small Firm Lawyers: What’s In Your Wallet? (Part III)
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Are Small Firms Going Big On Legal Tech?
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Small Law Firms
Solos And Small Firm Lawyers: What’s In Your Wallet? (Part II)
It’s time to update our data.
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In-House Counsel, Money
Download Your Free Copy Of ATL’s In-House Compensation Report
Findings from our 2017 survey of corporate legal departments. -
In-House Counsel
General Counsel Salary Is At A 1:3 Ratio To Their CEOs. Not Bad Work If You Can Get It!
I just hope the best GCs like taking their pay in stock. -
Labor / Employment, On The Job
Comply Or Pay: The Judge Dredd-ish Requirements Of Employment Law
Watch out for these areas of the employer-employee relationship, where there's practically no room for error. -
Money, Women's Issues
The Gender Pay Gap – Don't We Have Bigger Problems?
We're dealing with a larger problem of workplace culture, according to columnist Jayne Backett. -
Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
The One Thing People Do To Successfully Leave The Law
For us unhappy lawyers, leaving the practice of law to find an alternative career is not actually hard. Gaining the initial courage to face the fear of leaving the law is. - Sponsored
How AI Is The Catalyst For Reshaping Every Aspect Of Legal Work
Findings from the "Future of Professionals Report," based on a survey of 1,200 professionals from North and South America and the UK. -
Boutique Law Firms, Money, Partner Issues, Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: Running The Numbers
A big difference between Biglaw and boutiques: the level of personal involvement by partners in financial matters. -
Money, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
Download Your Free Copy Of ATL's Solo And Small Firm Compensation Report
Today we release a report on findings from the ATL Solo And Small Firm Compensation Survey. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.16.16
* As the Obama administration pushes for recognition of transgender rights, the transgender community may have found an unlikely ally: the late Justice Antonin Scalia. His opinion in the 1998 Oncale decision on sex discrimination was cited in the administration’s letter to public school officials warning them that gender-identity discrimination was prohibited by civil rights laws. A former Scalia clerk has called it an “absurd misreading of Title IX.” [Los Angeles Times]
* We’re now in the home stretch of the Supreme Court’s term, and with upcoming rulings on affirmative action, abortion, contraceptive coverage, immigration, and Puerto Rico’s debt, it’s going to get harder and harder for the justices to avoid 4-4 splits. In the majority of these cases, they’ll have to stop agreeing to disagree so it doesn’t look like we’ve got a Court in controversy with many deadlocks. [Bloomberg Politics]
* The State Bar of California has been criticized over a lack of transparency as to its finances, and in particular, its “rampant spending” on executive salaries. In fact, those at the top of the food chain at the California Bar earn salaries which exceed that of the state’s governor, who earns nearly $180,000 per year. That’s a lot of cash to fail more than half of the state’s bar-exam takers (more on that later today)! [WSJ Law Blog]
* “She has single-handedly stuck a knife in the back of every Uber driver in the country. The entire class was thrown under the bus and backed over.” Shannon Liss-Riordan, the lawyer who arranged a $100 million settlement deal in the Uber class-action over drivers’ employment status, is being attacked by her own clients, and now other lawyers are trying to have her removed as lead attorney on the case. [Chicago Tribune]
* “They give their young workers Ping-Pong tables and take away their constitutional rights.” That’s not a work perk companies are willing to brag about. More and more technology startups are embracing arbitration agreements to prevent their employees from filing lawsuits over workplace disputes that could have potentially ruinous financial effects on their bottom lines if they were litigated in court. [DealBook / New York Times]
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Biglaw, Money
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: A Long-Neglected Market Gets A Raise
Another salary bump sets the market in one corner of the legal world. -
Money, Quote of the Day, Richard Posner
Compensation For Lawyers: A Proposal From Posner
Is an overhaul of lawyer pay the solution to inequities in the justice system?
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Money, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
Solos And Small Firm Lawyers: What's In Your Wallet?
Today, we are launching the ATL Solo and Small Firm Compensation Survey. Help us help you! -
Bonuses, In-House Counsel, Money
'Bonus!' An In-House Perspective
Are you making as much money as you should? Or are your employers using a simple excuse to sell you short? -
In-House Counsel, Money
Download Your Free Copy Of ATL's In-House Compensation Report
A free report detailing the findings of ATL's survey of in-house salaries and bonuses. -
Biglaw, Money
Delaware Moves To $160K: New York Should Be Embarrassed
The starting salary for New York firms is now officially a joke. -
Biglaw, Bonuses
Can You Be Fired For Revealing Your Pay?
With bonus season around the corner, it seems like a good time to remind people about this. -
Biglaw, Job Searches
Which Law Firm Is Cynically Screwing Over Its Associates?
There's a firm out there that announces raises for rising associate classes effective January 1, but doesn't actually pay them their new salary until July. -
Money, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
Entering The Race: How To Negotiate Salary With A Solo Practitioner
Here are three pieces of advice, from columnist Shannon Achimalbe -- but be prepared for your pay to be low, unfairly low.