While you wait for more announcements to trickle in, check out the latest news article about associate bonus season. It’s by Joseph Goldstein of the New York Sun, who writes (after describing the Cravath special bonus announcement and subsequent matching): The announcement suggests that the darkening economic landscape isn’t causing too much concern that there […]
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We realize we’re late to the party on this one. The WSJ Law Blog wrote about it last week. We linked to it today in Morning Docket, but based on the email we’ve received about it, clearly many of you have more to say about it. News flash: Wal-Mart is cheap. From the WSJ Law […]
Friday was a busy day for associate bonus announcements. We reported bonus news from Cleary, Willkie, Cahill, and Dewey & LeBoeuf. But we didn’t get everyone. Apparently Shearman & Sterling also announced on Friday afternoon. (But we didn’t get the memo until the weekend — please, people, we know you can do better.) Memo after […]
* Lawyers arrested in Pakistani protests, as government suspends constitution and declares martial law. [New York Times; CNN] * Tonight’s talk shows to be awkward, slightly less funny, as execs hold out on e-profits. [CNN] * Actor sentenced to 40 months in a hopefully high-security prison. [MSNBC] * Wal-Mart lawyers to below market! [WSJ Law […]
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* North Dakota at #11? [TaxProf Blog] * Speaking of wacky law school rankings… [ABA Journal] * We need your vote. [ Blawg Review] * I want these mutha f**kin’ snakes off this mutha f**kin’ bus! [Reno Gazette-Journal] * WTF can you say on TV? [SCOTUSblog] * Speaking of lawyers who like the younguns, Lakin […]
The two-headed monster has matched. Memo’s after the jump.
And the bonus news just keeps rolling in. Willkie Farr has matched. The memo: From: The Executive Committee Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 4:51 PM To: ASSOCIATES – NY; ASSOCIATES – DC Cc: PARTNERS – NY; PARTNERS – DC Subject: Associate Bonuses The Executive Committee is pleased to announce the following year end bonuses for […]
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Cahill Gordon & Reindel has matched, but won’t pay until January 2008. From the memo: MEMORANDUM TO COUNSEL, SENIOR ATTORNEYS AND ASSOCIATES November 2, 2007 We are pleased to announce that our regular and special merit bonuses for 2007 for associates in good standing at December 31, 2007 will be as follows: Class Regular Bonus […]
It seems like you can’t throw a web cam these days without hitting a lawyer trying to use the internet to sexually prey on our kids. Reference recent lawyers of the day here and here, for just a couple of examples. And remember that prosecutor in Texas that blew his head off because To Catch […]
Here is the latest Job of the Week, courtesy of ATL’s career partner, Lateral Link. Because Lateral Link does no cold-calling and is more efficient than traditional recruiting firms, successful candidates receive $10,000 upon placement. Position: Bankruptcy Attorney Location: Los Angeles Description: One of the most selective firms in the Los Angeles market, with numerous […]
We would’ve had this up a few minutes ago, but the technical difficulties that Lat mentioned yesterday are still lurking around. Bring on the new fancy servers. At any rate, Cleary Gottlieb has matched, and the memo is after the jump.
McDermott, Will & Emery has come up with a more creative way to deal with soaring associate salaries. The firm has announced that it will be creating a “second tier” of associates to deal solely with low-level tasks like, e.g., document review. As Cal Law points out, hiring cheaper lawyers to do this type of […]