We have a few associate pay raise developments to report this morning. Some of these items were announced some time ago, but they haven't written about in these pages until now. Here they are:

1. Arent Fox: The firm now pays a starting salary of $160,000 in New York, D.C., and California, according to the firm website, which a tipster pointed out to us. (But that $20,000 clerkship bonus is pretty chintzy.)

2. Seyfarth Shaw: The firm, which dragged its feet on the last pay raise, has no current plans to raise again. From a Chicago associate:

"Our executive committee recently had a meeting and it was decided that salaries would not be raised to 160K for offices outside of New York. Chicago will continue to be behind market. I'm not so sure about the Boston, D.C. and L.A. offices, but if Chicago is not bumping, those offices are most likely staying behind as well. Maybe you should do one of those Baker & McKenzie and Greenberg Traurig bar charts on Monday morning for Seyfarth Chicago. As much as this firm is trying to be a major Chi-town player, it isn't paying like one. We are pretty bummed."

3. LeBoeuf Lamb: The firm has raised to the $160K scale in its Houston office. Memo after the jump.

As we move into the weekend, we have a few more associate pay raise announcements to share with you.

After the jump, there's confirmed compensation news about Arent Fox, K&L Gates, Heller Ehrman, and Keker & Van Nest.

We've also heard the rumors about Jones Day (Dallas) raising to $150K, from multiple sources. But we haven't seen a memo, and neither of our sources is at the firm itself. So even though it's most likely true, we're going to hold off on calling it until we hear directly from someone at Jones Day in Dallas (or at least see a memo).

Supreme Court Scions:

* Janet Rehnquist, daughter of the late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, is leaving Venable to start her own health care law practice. She will be based out of the Washington offices of Arent Fox.

Rehnquist previously served as Inspector General of the Health and Human Services Department, before she resigned amid controversy. It was rumored that Chief Justice Rehnquist was upset over how his daughter's departure from HHS was handled.

Janet Rehnquist isn't the only SCOTUS spawn with a successful legal career. Her brother, James Rehnquist, is a litigation partner at Goodwin Procter and a former federal prosecutor. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's daughter, Jane Ginsburg, is a law professor at Columbia. And one of Justice Antonin Scalia's sons, Eugene Scalia, is a partner at high-powered Gibson Dunn, a former Solicitor of the Department of Labor -- and an ERISA hottie.

Damage Control:

* Jon Hoak, former general counsel to NCR, joins HP as its chief ethics and compliance officer.

Lateral Moves:

* Hedge fund lawyer Bruce Kahne, to Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham, from Seward & Kissel.

* Corporate and securities lawyer Daniel Raglan, to Greenberg Traurig, from Sullivan & Cromwell (where he was an associate).

* Public finance lawyers Pauline Schneider and Darrin Glymph, to Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (DC), from Hunton & Williams. (Schneider, a former D.C. bar president, comes in as a partner; Glymph joins as counsel.)

NY Partners Switching Firms [NYLawyer.com]
Supreme Daughter Hangs Out Her Own Shingle and More DC Lawyers On the Move [NYLawyer.com]
H-P Hires Former NCR General Counsel As Chief Ethics Officer [WSJ Law Blog]

The latest news on the most notable moves within the profession:

Government to Private Sector:

* Seth Silber, to Wilson Sonsini (as counsel), from the FTC. (Quips our tipster: "What a lovely week to join that particular firm!")

New Office Openings:

* Crowell & Moring -- aka "Cruel & Boring"*** -- is opening a New York office. They've grabbed litigator William McSherry, from Arent Fox, and patent lawyer Janet McLeod, from Dorsey & Whitney, to kick things off.

* The exceedingly profitable, Houston-based Susman Godfrey is opening a New York office, headed by name partner Stephen Susman.

Lateral Private Sector Moves:

* Bankruptcy guru Paul Basta, to Kirkland & Ellis, from Weil Gotshal & Manges.***

* Patent litigators Joseph O'Malley and Bruce Wexler, to Paul Hastings (NY), from Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto.

*** "Cruel and Boring" is just a silly nickname for Crowell & Moring that we've heard around town. We have no idea as to whether it has any factual basis. We just think using nicknames for law firms is fun.

Other law firm nicknames we've heard: Weil Gotshal & Manges = "We'll Getcha & Mangle Ya" (self-explanatory); Cravath Swaine & Moore = "The Death Star" (self-explanatory); Davis Polk & Wardwell = "The Teahouse on Lexington Avenue" (for their penchant for hiring geishas attractive Asian-American females -- don't get mad at us, we didn't make it up).

(Feel free to add more law firm nicknames in the comments to this post.)

On The Move [Antitrust Review]
Basta Says Hasta to Weil Gotshal [WSJ Law Blog]
DC Firm Opens NY Office [NYLawyer.com]
Houston Firm Opens Manhattan Office [NYLawyer.com]
Firm Adds NY Patent Litigators [NYLawyer.com]