In its bid to attract the best and brightest of the Class of 2006, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, a California-based litigation firm, set off a bidding war that immediately impacted first year salaries and is now prompting raises for senior associates as well.
For New Lawyers, the Going Rate Has Gone Up
From The New York Times
By ELLEN ROSEN
Published: September 1, 2006
Should you have any doubt that peer pressure generated through the Internet impacts salaries, just read through the very lively discussion still ongoing at Above the Law.
Take for example, the most recent firm to leave the "Hall of Shame":
Skaddenfreude: Seyfarth Shaw Leaves the List of Shame
From Above the Law, A Legal Tabloid
Posted In: Biglaw , Money , Seyfarth Shaw , Skaddenfreude
By David Lat | 03.28.07 at 03:58 PM
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