{"id":128140,"date":"2025-07-24T01:59:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T09:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/07\/24\/opaque-starting-salaries-hinder-plaintiffs-firms-as-they-increasingly-vie-with-big-law-for-talent\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T01:59:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T09:59:59","slug":"opaque-starting-salaries-hinder-plaintiffs-firms-as-they-increasingly-vie-with-big-law-for-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/07\/24\/opaque-starting-salaries-hinder-plaintiffs-firms-as-they-increasingly-vie-with-big-law-for-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"Opaque Starting Salaries Hinder Plaintiffs Firms as They Increasingly Vie With Big Law for Talent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLaw students typically, and lawyers in general, are among the most risk-averse people in society and do not like the unknown of pay,  explained National Plaintiffs Law Association co-president Brennan Caruthers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" 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