Wake Up Call: U.K. Politicians Demand Law Firms Restate Pay Gap Data

• U.K. politicians demanded that law firms Linklaters and Pinsent Masons and accounting giant EY recalculate gender pay-gap data they submitted to the government to comply with a regulatory requirement. Critics say those firms understate their pay gaps in part because they classify top-earning partners as owners rather than employees. ( Bloomberg )

• Chicago-based Winston & Strawn’s announcement yesterday that it hired seven partners from Jenner & Block suggests a hiccup in Jenner’s plan to expand its corporate department. It’s also a reminder that, in an era of partner mobility, such investments by firms can sometimes fizzle. ( BLB )

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