Mandant zieht die Notbremse

Wal-Mart hat die Nase voll von ständigen Honorarsatzerhöhungen (jeweils nach den Gehaltserhöhungen für die First-Year-Associates) und fasst die eigene Haltung in einem lesenswerten Memo zusammen (WSJ berichtet): Starting salaries for junior associates in large and boutique law firms have increased dramatically over the last few years. As some of you may know, the fierce competition for top law school graduates recently pushed first-year associate salaries in some New York City firms to more than $160,000 per year. We have recently learned that this new salary benchmark for inexperienced New York City lawyers is now being used to establish first-year associate salaries in a numb…