Morning Docket: 01.20.15

* Fried Frank is closing down its Hong Kong and Shanghai offices because they were costing the firm more money than they were bringing in. What'll happen to the lawyers who work there? Most of them will be huòdé dìyù. [Am Law Daily] * Not everyone can match the New York market when it comes to Biglaw bonuses. According to disputed rumors, associates in some practices of at least one Chicago law firm didn't receive any bonus at all. Which firm? [Crain's Chicago Business] * We often complain that women are getting the short end of the stick in Biglaw, but today we've got a nice little caveat. At some large law firms in at least one city, more women are making partner than their male counterparts. [National Law Journal] * UVA hired Pepper Hamilton to consult on its inept handling of sexual assault cases while O'Melveny & Myers deals with its Rolling Stone gang rape allegations. Collars shall be half-popped until the school gets serious about these issues. [Newsplex] * Whittier Law, home to one of the worst full-time, long-term employment rates in the country, hopes to give grads a "legal leg-up" with its new solo incubator program -- because "[e]ducation and training doesn't end when they graduate." [Daily Pilot] * Wet Seal joined the ranks of teen retailers like Deb and Delia's when it dumped lots of locations and filed for Chapter 11. New code provisions might've sped things along, but like, being a debtor-in-possession is totally uncool. [DealBook / New York Times]

* Fried Frank is closing down its Hong Kong and Shanghai offices because they were costing the firm more money than they were bringing in. What’ll happen to the lawyers who work there? Most of them will be huòdé dìyù. [Am Law Daily]

* Not everyone can match the New York market when it comes to Biglaw bonuses. According to disputed rumors, associates in some practices of at least one Chicago law firm didn’t receive any bonus at all. Which firm? [Crain’s Chicago Business]

* We often complain that women are getting the short end of the stick in Biglaw, but today we’ve got a nice little caveat. At some large law firms in at least one city, more women are making partner than their male counterparts. [National Law Journal]

* UVA hired Pepper Hamilton to consult on its inept handling of sexual assault cases while O’Melveny & Myers deals with its Rolling Stone gang rape allegations. Collars shall be half-popped until the school gets serious about these issues. [Newsplex]

* Whittier Law, home to one of the worst full-time, long-term employment rates in the country, hopes to give grads a “legal leg-up” with its new solo incubator program — because “[e]ducation and training doesn’t end when they graduate.” [Daily Pilot]

* Wet Seal joined the ranks of teen retailers like Deb and Delia’s when it dumped lots of locations and filed for Chapter 11. New code provisions might’ve sped things along, but like, being a debtor-in-possession is totally uncool. [DealBook / New York Times]

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