Mystery Meeting at Winston & Strawn

On Monday there will be an “all associates” meeting at Winston & Strawn.
Any guesses as to what it might be about? Bonuses for this year? A move away from lockstep? Candid acknowledgement of recent stealth layoffs? Feel free to offer us your guesses, by email or in the comments.
UPDATE (10/12/09): We are gathering reports and will post about the meeting later (probably tomorrow morning). Based on preliminary reports, it was not a particularly exciting meeting, basically along the lines of a “state of the firm” talk.
If you would like to contribute information, please email us: tips at abovethelaw dot com (subject line: “Winston and Strawn”). Thanks.
Full memo after the jump.


WINSTON & STRAWN — MEMORANDUM — ASSOCIATES MEETING
To: All Associates
From: Thomas P. Fitzgerald
Date: October 8, 2009
Re: Associates Meeting
We will have an Associates Meeting on Monday, October 12, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. (CT) to discuss firm matters. The following locations will be used.
Beijing – no conference room at 11:00 p.m.
Charlotte – conference room 22C at 11:00 a.m. – Video
Chicago – conference room 35A at 10:00 a.m. – Video
Geneva – conference room at 5:00 p.m. – Video
Hong Kong – no conference room at 11:00 p.m.
London – conference room Library at 4:00 p.m. – Video
Los Angeles – conference room 39C at 8:00 a.m. – Video
Moscow – no conference room at 7:00 p.m.
New York – conference room 41B at 11:00 a.m. – Video
Newark – no conference room at 11:00 a.m.
Paris – conference room Paris Europe Meeting Room at 5:00 p.m. – Video
San Francisco – conference room 38C at 8:00 a.m. – Video
Shanghai – no conference room at 11:00 p.m.
Washington – conference room 12B at 11:00 a.m. – Video
There will be dial in numbers for the meeting and are below:
International Dial In Number: 1-xxx-xxx-xxxx
Domestic Dial In Number: 1-xxx-xxx-xxxx
Passcode: [redacted]
Please note that the dial in will be listen only to prevent disruption to the meeting from background noise from those calling into the meeting.

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