Skaddenfreude: The Latest Developments

Amazing! Our uncooperative servers are allowing us to post something (or so it seems). Allah be praised.
On the associate pay raise front, here’s what we’ve heard most recently:
1. O’Melveny & Myers: They did it by voicemail, presumably to prevent forwarding of emails or cutting and pasting of text. Cute, guys.
Here’s what a tipster tells us:

You’re not going to get a memo, but we (NY, DC, LA) just got a voicemail left for us basically saying we’re matching in NY the recent raises and LA and DC are getting bumps too. I didn’t write down the numbers, but the LA and DC base salaries are not the same as for NY.

Another tipster confirms the LA and DC raises, with more detail: “O’Melveny is bumping first years from $135K to $145K in DC.”
2. Simpson Thacher (summer associate addendum). This isn’t exactly a surprise. But for the record:

The wave of postings and comments in response to Simpson’s announcement to raise associate salaries has left some of you wondering what the application will be to the summer class. I wanted to confirm that summer associates will be paid the same salary as first year associates, prorated on a weekly basis, which is $3080 per week. A copy of our Chairman’s memo appears below.

We’re all looking forward to seeing you soon.

All the best, Dee

Dee Pifer

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

We’re working on a few other confirmations. Please continue to send us memos and other info. Thanks!
Earlier: Previous announcements of law firm associate salary increases (scroll down through “Skaddenfreude” archives)

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