Cravath Swaine & Moore has lost another dealmaker to a rival firm in less than eight months, a rarity for the Wall Street firm that recently changed its pay system to try to retain talent.

Several Big Law firms cast a wider net to snap up associates during a busy last year, looking beyond the most exclusive law schools and plucking talent from lesser-known competitors. That’s incrementally improved diversity at the largest law firms and prompted a question: Will Big Law’s new approach to recruiting last?

Jones Day managing partner Stephen Brogan is expected to step down from his leadership role this year and hand-select a successor from among a handful of candidates, according to four people familiar with the firm.

An ongoing pay war is making lawyers at some of the top firms in the world more money than ever before. It’s also exposing a growing fault line between the richest firms and everyone else.

Kirkland & Ellis chairman Jon Ballis holds a trump card in the legal industry’s desperate battle for talent: he can pay more than just about anybody else. Some partners at the world’s largest law firm earn more than $20 million a year, according to a former shareholder.