While associates at some firms are still waiting to learn what their 2009 bonuses will be, associates at other firms are learning more about what the future holds in store for them, as more firms announce new compensation structures for 2010 and beyond.
Check out the ATL Career Center, powered by Lateral Link, for the latest information on which firms are making a full recovery and which firms are still stuck in the downturn.
In the last week, we have updated the firm snapshots for Vinson & Elkins, Wachtell, Irell & Manella, Paul Weiss, Wilson Sonsini, Hughes Hubbard, Quinn Emanuel, Chadbourne & Parke, Latham, Cooley Godward, Goodwin Proctor, Bryan Cave.
Below are a few of the latest updates from the Career Center firm snapshots:

• This firm not only avoided layoffs and pay freezes last year, it had its most profitable year ever in 2009.
• While 2010 has brought salary thaws at many firm, salaries at this firm remain frozen. 
• In addition to recently raising salaries to pre-freeze levels, this
  firm awarded make-whole bonuses to associates to make up for salary lost during the freeze in 2009.  

After the jump see which firms were most popular in January.

The most popular firms on the Career Center in January were:

1. Latham & Watkins LLP
2. DLA Piper
3. Holland & Knight LLP
4. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
5. Kirkland & Ellis LLP
6. Jones Day
7. Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
8. Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
9. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
10. Mayer Brown LLP

Use the Career Center’s firm snapshots and comparison tool to learn about other bonus news at firms around the country. And as always, we encourage you to send information about your law firm experience to careercenter@abovethelaw.com.