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Carrots and sticks in a post-merger law firm

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Norman Clark

Today’s on-line edition of The Lawyer leads with an article about concerns about individual partner performance at Norton Rose. In brief, the management has sent letters warning under-performing partners that they are at risk of being sacked or demoted on … Continue reading →

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Five hard questions for associate compensation in law firms

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Norman Clark

In our compensation practice, my colleagues in Walker Clark and I are seeing associate performance emerge as a central, far-reaching issue that links directly to profitability. Two specific, but related, questions almost always float to the surface of the discussion: … Continue reading →

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