The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today are:
- First-half M&A boom drives US firms to $64.5bn record in 2007
- Confident Linklaters lifts associate pay to £66k
- Linklaters legend Tony Angel takes a bow after 30-year spell at firm
- Top 50 trio defy downturn with promotions rise
- Online special: Partners to deliver reality check to Gen Y assistants in tough pay round
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Post of the day
"At my old City firm there was a mixture of capable and downright unintelligent, dim-witted associates. One reason good people leave is that even big firms pay good money to people who would struggle to be kept on in another City job. The sooner firms take a stronger line in weeding out the thick and rewarding the bright, the better they will do" - Confident Linklaters lifts associate pay to £66k
A good sport
The latest Career Clinic dilemma finds a soon-to-be NQ facing a choice between sports law with his current national firm employer or a role in-house with a real live sports club
Snakes and ladders
So, it's that time of the year when you're starting to wonder just how much your firm appreciates you. If you're at Shearman, the answer seems to be 'quite a lot'. Stay in touch with all the big stories rise-wise with the Legal Week Wiki pay league.
And keep track of all the latest promotions fun with the Legal Week Wiki partnership special 2008, with the latest firms to unveil their promotions including Barlow Lyde & Gilbert, Norton Rose and Watson Farley & Williams.
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