DLA Piper has reached the heady heights set by the so-called ‘Cravath scale’ with its associate bonus reaching up to $150,000 for associates. DLA Piper is going further too by reducing the threshold for its associates to reach the extra payments based on their productivity and hours worked. It is also the largest firm […]
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The ABA has voted in favor of letting law schools accept Graduate Record Examination scores from applicants in place of Law School Admission Test LSAT) scores. The Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar made the decision, without requiring approval from anone one else according to Bill Adams,
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Telstra’s lawyers leverage no-code automation tools to design and create EngageLegal, a digital front door for legal apps and services Sydney, Australia – December 2, 2021 – Checkbox’s business process automation (BPA) platform has helped Telstra’s legal team design and create a digital front door for all legal engagements, allowing the telecommunications provider to restore thousands
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AUGUSTA, Ga., November 30, 2021 — Best Lawyers®, the oldest and most respected purely peer-review™ guide to top talent in the legal profession, announced its acquisition by Boston-based investment firm Abry Partners and Best Lawyers management from private equity firm Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP). Under Abry, Best Lawyers will continue to serve as the
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Leading New Zealand law firm Russell McVeagh is set to further grow its partnership* with the announcement of the promotions of three outstanding lawyers and leaders of the firm – Jesse Fairley, Sarah Blackmore and Tom Gillespie. Appointed from today, 1 December 2021, these promotions continue the expansion of the firm’s senior teams and follow the partner appointments earlier
(November 10, 2021) – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labour law practice representing management, has released its fourth annual European Employer Survey Report, completed by more than 530 human resources executives, in-house attorneys and business leaders based mainly across Western and Southern Europe. The survey data provides insight into the myriad forces transforming the European workplace
By Jeremy F. Wood and Sanjay V. Nair – Littler Mendelson Dear Littler: The holiday season is upon us, and we’d like to celebrate this year by holding an actual office party like we did in the “before” times. Prior to 2020, we held luncheons in our New Jersey branch office for workers only, and hosted evening parties
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Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Ricky J. Patel, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Department of Homeland Security (“HSI”), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging NORMAN GRAY with wire fraud, in connection with a scheme to induce an individual
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Law firm Fried Frank has been the latest law firm to have increased its bonus payments this year with a pro-rated $15,000 bonus for the current year (compared to a bonus of $115,000 for those in the 2014 cohort). Fried Frank, 60th on the AmLaw Big Law list is up by 15 per cent over
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Jimmy Singh* – On 17 July 2020, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) released the statistics report on the average income based on occupation (and state) for income year 2017/18. The report is based upon millions of 2018 income tax returns in respect to millions individuals, and hundreds of thousands of corporations. In a nutshell,
