As noted by several commenters, and as this article in Monday’s Recorder will report, Morrison & Foerster has announced a firm-wide increase in associate base salaries. This follows on the heels of pay raise news from two other California-based (or California-originating) firms, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and O’Melveny & Myers. Here’s the new MoFo pay […]
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From ATL reader Darrin Brown: As always, your breaking comp announcements are always appreciated. In response to these recent developments, I whipped up a couple of “lolcats” style graphics in my office this morning. Please feel free to use or enjoy as you see fit. No animals were harmed, and no clients were billed, during […]
Here are two quick updates to our earlier coverage of Akin Gump, the prestigious D.C. law firm, where an assistant to alleged D.C. madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey worked as a legal secretary. The second of these updates is nothing short of mind-blowing. 1. As a commenter pointed out, Tom Goldstein, the head of Akin Gump’s […]
A draft copy of Don Imus’s complaint indicates that the fired radio show host will be suing CBS, his former employer, for $120 million. Details here. That’s a hefty chunk of change. It’s three times the total value of his $40 million contract. But look at it another way. A hundred and twenty mil is […]
Former Justice Department lawyer Monica Goodling has gotten a raw deal. From the media. From the blogosphere. And now, from the DOJ itself. According to the Washington Post’s Andrew Cohen: [B]ack at the ranch, the Justice Department managed to tick off former high-ranking official Monica Goodling and her attorneys by going public with allegations against […]
Law firms and legal departments are writing the future of the profession in separate rooms. What happens when they actually work together?
In our recent post about an alleged D.C.-madam-in-training — a legal secretary at the powerhouse firm of Akin Gump, who allegedly serviced clients and worked the phones for Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the alleged D.C. madam — we asked you for more information about this hardworking and multitalented young woman. We are still accepting your tips. […]
We have confirmed, with sources at the firm, the news that O’Melveny & Myers has raised associate base salaries in its California offices. The firm’s California and New York offices are now on the same salary scale. The O’Melveny & MYers news was conveyed through a firm-wide voice-mail. The message said: “Over the past 24 […]
Okay, not exactly. But Martin Garbus, the legendary litigator now representing former CBS radio host Don Imus, is coming out swinging. Yesterday Garbus announced that Imus would sue CBS Radio for the unpaid portion of Imus’s $40 million contract. He said to expect the lawsuit by the end of next week. Garbus cited a clause […]
We have received confirmation, from multiple sources, of a rumor that previously arose in the comments: Davis Polk & Wardwell has raised its clerkship bonus to $50,000. It joins the distinguished company of Sullivan & Cromwell, Simpson Thacher, Paul Weiss, Weil Gotshal, Cravath, Cleary Gottlieb, and Skadden Arps. Also, contrary to this joke, Davis’s enhanced […]
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Some happy news for Golden State associates of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. A source at the firm tells us: “Orrick just matched New York salaries on the West Coast. We received a memo and videocast from [firm chairman] Ralph Baxter this morning.” “All offices start at $160,000, except for Sacramento and Pacific Northwest.” According to […]
When it comes to law clerks, that is. In other words, Justice Stevens does not subscribe to the trend of hiring Supreme Court clerks who are several years out of law school, with a few years of practice under their belts. As JPS explains in an interesting interview in The Third Branch, which a tipster […]
Or maybe 45 nights in prison, for the star of One Night in Paris. The Associated Press reports: Paris Hilton should be jailed for 45 days for violating terms of her probation for an alcohol-related reckless driving conviction, city prosecutors say. In documents filed April 30th in Superior Court, prosecutors said they also want Hilton […]