Hogan & Hartson
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Ho-Love, Hogan & Hartson, Lovells, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Associate Bonus Watch: Hogan Lovells (New York)
Partner bonuses at Hogan Lovells generated controversy earlier this year; can the same be said about associate bonuses? -
Billable Hours, Email Scandals, Ho-Love, Hogan & Hartson, Lateral Moves, Legal Ethics, Money, Partner Issues
Overbilling Gone Wild: Paying the (DLA) Piper
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Profit Powerhouse: Elevating Law Firm Financial Performance
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Fabulosity, Hogan & Hartson, Money, Neal Katyal, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks, Tony Mauro
The New Going Rate for Supreme Court Clerk Bonuses
What is the new market rate for Supreme Court clerkship bonuses? It's pretty darn high -- you could buy a house with this number....
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Biglaw, Ho-Love, Hogan & Hartson, Lateral Moves, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues
Musical Chairs: Energy Lawyers in Motion
January is generally a popular time for partner moves, and energy lawyers are popular people. Right now their practice area is as hot as New York City is cold. As you may recall, this time last year a slew of energy attorneys moved from McDermott to Cadwalader. We've recently received word that at least two prominent partners in the energy space are switching firms. Let's find out who they are and where they are heading.... -
Associate Bonus Watch 2011, Biglaw, Bonuses, Ho-Love, Hogan & Hartson, Lovells, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Hogan Lovells
In our recent post on the top 10 most generous large law firms, the firm of Hogan Lovells placed second. Under the rankings, this meant that Hogan partners are taking the second-biggest hit to their own bottom lines in order to keep their associates happy and well-compensated. But is this still the case today? Based on what we're hearing about the most recent Hogan bonuses, one wonders whether the Ho-Love partners have turned from Santas into Scrooges.... -
Biglaw, Ho-Love, Hogan & Hartson, Howrey LLP, Partner Issues, Quote of the Day, Thelen Reid & Priest, Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner
Quote of the Day: Lawyer, Poet, Salesman
He was clearly the salesman-in-chief, and he did a darn good job at it. I remember being told that despite the fact that the economy was essentially collapsing around everyone’s heads, 2008 was going to come in well over budget with record revenues and profits. — Andrew Ness, former managing partner of the D.C. office […] -
Biglaw, Ho-Love, Hogan & Hartson, Lovells, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Rankings
The Biggest Law Firms in the World: Meet the Global 100
Say hello to the Global 100 for 2011. This is the American Lawyer's list of the world's 100 largest law firms, ranked by total revenue. Lawyers are a competitive lot. So you're probably less interested in the overall figures than in how different firms fared in the rankings.... -
Biglaw, Constitutional Law, Election 2012, Ho-Love, Hogan & Hartson, Musical Chairs, Neal Katyal, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Tax Law, Trademarks
Non-Sequiturs: 08.24.11
* “Dominique Strauss-Kahn Gets Off, As Did Everyone Else Who Stayed In His Room At The Sofitel.” Or: what you don’t want to know about your high-end hotel room. [Dealbreaker] * F**k yeah — trademark law! Or: some reflections on the “immoral or scandalous” bar to trademark registration, by fashion lawyer Chuck Colman. [Law of […] - Sponsored
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Associate Bonus Watch 2010, Biglaw, Bonuses, Ho-Love, Hogan & Hartson, Lovells, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Ho-Love Gives Bonus Love
Every day that major law firms do not announce spring bonuses makes them look like below-market, “non-peer” institutions. It has become very clear that firms claiming to pay market compensation need to be providing spring bonuses. The latest firm to yield to market realities is Hogan Lovells. The relatively new Ho-Love, formed by the merger […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2010, Biglaw, Bonuses, Ho-Love, Hogan & Hartson, Lovells, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Unhappiness at Hogan Lovells?
Last week, Hogan Lovells announced its associate bonuses. It’s the first bonus season for the firm since the merger of Hogan & Hartson and Lovells. Unfortunately for some associates, the transatlantic deal apparently did not pay off for them at bonus time. The memos are individualized, but the associates who have reached out to Above […] -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Bonuses, Hogan & Hartson, Lovells, Money
Nationwide Salary Thaw: Hogan Lovells Loves Its Associates
The prior reports of additional payments to some associates at Hogan Lovells, designed to reward these associates for making their billable-hours targets, were accurate — at least with respect to the New York office. And it turns out that these payments constitute what in ATL-speak we call “true-up payments” — i.e., payments designed to give […] -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Ho-Love, Hogan & Hartson, Lovells, Money
Nationwide Salary Thaw: Happy Happenings at Hogan?
Last Wednesday, the firm of Hogan Lovells — formerly known as Hogan & Hartson, before its recent merger with U.K.-based Lovells — made an announcement about associate salaries. So what went down? -
Biglaw, Celebrities, Fabulosity, Ho-Love, Hogan & Hartson, Hotties, Lovells, Summer Associates
Summer Associate of the Day: America's Next Top... Lawyer?
Supermodel Linda Evangelista famously quipped that she doesn’t wake up for less than $10,000 a day. Alas, not all models occupy such a privileged position. This summer, one model is getting out of bed for considerably less than $10,000 a day — to wit, about $3,000 a week. Sara Albert, who made it to the […]
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Ho-Love, Hogan & Hartson, Law Firm Mergers, Lovells, Townsend and Townsend and Crew
Law Firm Merger Mania? Townsend and Kilpatrick Might Be in Talks; Hogan Lovells Officially Debuts
One merger is an accident. Two mergers … well, that could be a trend. The merger of Hogan & Hartson and Lovells is in the books. The new firm is up and running, and it’s already saying goodbye to people. The Blog of the Legal Times reports that Hogan Lovells had some departures over the […] -
Hogan & Hartson, Law Firm Mergers, Layoffs, Lovells
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Lovells Makes Cuts Ahead of May Merger
Not everybody from Lovells will be jumping on the Ho-Love bandwagon this May. Legal Week reports that Lovells will close its Chicago office: Lovells is set to shut down its Chicago office by the end of October following a strategic and financial review of its business. The office, which has seven partners and 15 fee […] -
Hogan & Hartson, Morning Docket
Morning Docket 03.02.10
* One secret to happiness is to make your bed each morning, says Gretchen Rubin, author of the Happiness Project and one of The Elect. (She got Lat to reveal his secrets last year.) [New York Times] * Hogan & Hartson’s 38-lawyer Warsaw office is defecting to K&L Gates. [Blog of the Legal Times] * […]
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Akin Gump, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Disasters / Emergencies, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, Hogan & Hartson, Sonnenschein, Venable
Update: More Law Firms Help Out Haiti
On Wednesday, we commended the firm of Paul Hastings for moving so quickly to support Haiti earthquake relief efforts. Since then, a number of other top law firms have pledged their support to this worthy cause. (Okay, Rush Limbaugh questions the worthiness of the cause. But we suspect that Limbaugh’s position — like that of […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2009, Associate Salaries, Hogan & Hartson, Lovells, Salary Freeze
Hogan & Hartson: Bonus and Salaries for the New Year
Much of the recent talk about Hogan & Hartson has focused on their merger with Lovells. While transatlantic mergers thrill the imagination, back on the ground in the States, people are still concerned about their paychecks. Hogan has long had a two-track salary system. The higher track paid market salary with the expectation that associates […] -
Hogan & Hartson, Law Firm Mergers, Lovells
Hogan and Lovells Merger: All Systems Go
Last night partners at Hogan & Hartson and partners at Lovells voted on the proposed merger between the two firms. According to sources, Ho-Love will be coming to an office building near you. Here’s the report on the partner vote, from a Lovells source: Late last night, the voting closed on our proposed merger with […] -
Books, Hogan & Hartson, Litigators, Robert Bennett
Advice For Young Lawyers, From Legendary Litigator Bob Bennett
Last month, we spent a week in D.C. doing reporting for “Why Lawyers Make So Much Money,” a piece we — used literally in this case, as it’s bylined by Kash and Lat — wrote for Washingtonian Magazine. We managed to find our way into the office of Robert Bennett, newly arrived at Hogan & […]