• Consultant Peter Zeughauser,
  • in the Recorder piece reporting the Allen Matkins cuts: the top 10 to
  • 15 firms would “never” do this, but the next tier of BigLaw firms might
  • just end up slashing associate pay after exhausting other options.ABA Journal: when it happens, this move will probably go hand-in-hand with the dismantling of lockstep compensation structures and the move to merit-based compensation.WSJ Law Blog: the whole discussion is “ridiculous,”
  • though not because the Journal cares deeply about the financial
  • well-being of the average associate, but because it apparently can’t
  • wait to see what would happen: “Why shouldn’t the first [firm] to jump
  • be applauded for having the fortitude, confidence and business savvy to
  • go first?“Blackbook Legal Blog: “We told you so.”

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