All the law firms in NYC (perhaps other cities) pay the same salary to all associates. It's agreed upon between them.
That being said, it's not exactly a suppression of the salary as I believe it is quite reasonable, but more like an equal playing field. You wouldn't go to another firm based on salary.
There's no part of that that isn't illegal collusion and if true then there would be overwhelming incentive for some aspiring legal minds to launch class action suits against that
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All the law firms in NYC (perhaps other cities) pay the same salary to all associates. It's agreed upon between them.
That being said, it's not exactly a suppression of the salary as I believe it is quite reasonable, but more like an equal playing field. You wouldn't go to another firm based on salary.
There's no part of that that isn't illegal collusion and if true then there would be overwhelming incentive for some aspiring legal minds to launch class action suits against that