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Finally, everyone’s being paid like a New York lawyer. Thanks to an informal wage freeze in the United States’ largest market — and healthy pay increases elsewhere — midlevels in other major cities caught up to the salaries of their New York counterparts this year. However, midlevels outside New York still lag behind in bonuses, according to American Lawyer’s annual survey of third-, fourth- and fifth-year associates.

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Attorney Robert J. Ambrogi surveys social networking sites specific to lawyers and was struck by how little networking they generate. Compared with open communities that anticipate a mutual benefit, restricted venues sometimes seem like the proverbial parties where no one shows up.

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