Are you familiar with the delightful song “One, Two Step,” by Ciara (featuring Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott, who used to live down the street from us)? If not, do yourself a favor, and check out the video. It begins with voice-over by a rapper who exultantly announces, in major-domo fashion, “The Princess is here!!!” The Princess […]
If you were hoping that Cravath was going to up the ante for associate base salaries, we’re sorry to disappoint you. As reported last week in the comments, CSM basically matched the Simpson Thacher scale (after a bit of a delay; perhaps they were deliberating about besting the market). For your reading pleasure, here’s the […]
LexisNexis sat down with John Ursin, Managing Partner at Schenck Price, to learn how the firm is using legal AI to strengthen client service and daily legal work.
Last week we opened up a reader poll concerning billable hours. We’ll keep it open until 5 PM today. You can check it out, and cast your vote, by clicking here. A number of you had various quibbles with the poll — the wording of the question, the methodology, etc. Such is to be expected […]
We have a number of associate base salary memos in the queue for publication (including some from last week, when tech problems frustrated publication). Rest assured, we will get around to posting them. (Considering that nobody is doing anything particularly exciting — e.g., besting Simpson Thacher — the time pressures for publication aren’t great.) But […]
If you’re trying to figure out what the new standard salaries are going to be in DC, it’s hard to ignore Covington & Burling. Covington is regarded by many as the archetypal Washington law firm. As previously noted in the comments, we have confirmed pay raises for Covington associates. We thank the multiple sources who […]
Or actually, “I’m missing you already.” Supreme Court justices have feelings too, y’know. The former cheerleader and current Supreme Court justice, Ruth Bader “Kiki” Ginsburg, misses having a “wing-woman” when she visits the highest ladies’ room in the land. Per Joan Biskupic of USA Today: It’s been a year since Sandra Day O’Connor retired from […]
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We have confirmed pay raises in the New York and Los Angeles offices of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan. Our understanding is that the information was communicated in meetings, so there’s no memo or other official documentation. We have verified the following pay scales with sources in Stroock’s NY and LA offices: STROOCK & STROOCK […]
* With tax law, the sky’s the limit. Seriously. [CNN; TaxProf Blog] * Slow… Typist… Sues… His… Law… School. Must have taken forever to type the complaint (especially with a last name like “Zachariasewycz”). [WSJ Law Blog] * ACLU seeks disclosure on NSA wiretaps in the Sixth Circuit. [SCOTUSblog] * Vote Roberts for Chief Justice! […]
Blind items: they’re not just about adulterous tycoons and drug-addicted celebrities. Sometimes they’re about antitrust lawyers at large law firms. Here’s a blind item from, of all places, Antitrust Review: We hear that the entire antitrust group of a major firm is moving to an even more major New York firm, effective Monday Jan 29 […]
We have a bit of a backlog of law firm associate pay raise announcements. We’ll be clearing that backlog over the course of the day today, as well as publishing any new memos and emails that we receive (interspersed with our non-compensation coverage). Here is the Kramer Levin email announcing increases in base salaries for […]
Legal work isn’t slowing down, and the firms that win won’t be the ones working harder — they’ll be the ones working smarter.
[Ed. note: These Non-Sequiturs from Stella Q should have been published on Friday the 26th, but as you may have noticed, we were experiencing technical difficulties at the time.] * Paris Hilton again? We too are complicit in the current state of our nation. But we would at least have recognized Ruth Ginsburg. If you’re […]
You know what to do, people. Gossip away in the comments to this post. As for solid confirmations received since our round-up, we have Fish & Richardson and Cravath (PDF to be posted shortly, but upshot is: all numbers the same as Simpson, through Class of 2000). Many other rumors are floating around. We’re following […]
We love reader polls; it’s interesting to take the pulse of an informed electorate. We have two polls currently running, both about the celebrated case of Charney v. Sullivan & Cromwell. To vote in those polls (or to change your vote if you previously voted), click here and here. Now we bring you a third […]
We’ve been providing salary news updates in the comments because, due to technical difficulties, it’s more reliable than trying to do so here on the main page. For your reference, here are links to the latest announcements: 1. Allen & Overy: Confirmed. Memo is here. 2. Debevoise & Plimpton: Confirmed. Memo is here. 3. McKee […]
[Ed. note: It seems to be pure luck as to why we’ve been allowed to access this post through Movable Type, even though we can’t access other ones or create new posts. So please refrain from asking us why we’re publishing this rather than more salary coverage. Thanks.] For those of you who have no […]