Hogan & Hartson
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Hogan & Hartson, Law Firm Mergers, Lovells, Mergers and Acquisitions, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Law Firm Merger Mania: Lovells and Hogan & Hartson Talks Still on Track
Earlier this month, we mentioned that Hogan & Hartson and London-based Lovells were in “early stages of merger talks.” Today brings the news that the firms are in “advanced talks to merge,” according to Nathan Koppel of the Wall Street Journal. But it’s not a done deal yet: One of the biggest challenges to a […] -
Hogan & Hartson, Law Firm Mergers, Lovells, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Law Firm Merger Mania: Lovells 'Hearts' Hogan & Hartson
Back at the beginning of the legal recession, when Heller and Thelen were collapsing, there was talk that a number of firms would either have to fold or engage in mega-mergers. For the most part, that hasn’t happened. But today, Legal Week is reporting that Hogan & Hartson and London-based Lovells are at least talking […] - Sponsored
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Hogan & Hartson, Musical Chairs, Robert Bennett
Breaking: Bob Bennett Leaving Skadden for Hogan & Hartson
Sources at Skadden report that Robert S. Bennett, the legendary litigator, will be leaving Skadden for Hogan & Hartson. Skadden partners were informed yesterday; Skadden associates are being told right now. Bob Bennett is one of the most famous trial lawyers in the world. His client list reads like a CNN promo: Enron, Bill Clinton, […]
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Hogan & Hartson, Vault 100 Open Threads: 2010
Fall Recruiting Open Thread: Vault 21 - 30 (2010)
You can still call yourself prestigious if you work at the firms that make up today’s fall recruiting open thread. But once you are outside of the Vault top 20, people start talking about “firm culture” at least as much as they talk about prestige. Here’s the next batch: 21. Shearman & Sterling 22. O’Melveny […] -
Celebrities, Fabulosity, Hogan & Hartson, Movies
Sex and the City 2 at Hogan & Hartson
Over at AmLaw Daily, Zach Lowe has revealed that Hogan & Hartson will be playing the part of Mr. Big’s office in Sex and the City 2, due out next year: The atrium on the 25th floor of Hogan’s offices at 875 Third Ave. will be transformed into Mr. Big’s on-screen office, according to an […] -
Hogan & Hartson, Start Dates, Summer Associates
Hogan & Hartson Pushes Back Start Dates for Current Summers to 2011
Hogan & Hartson has already pushed back start dates for its incoming first year associates. The firm has laid off staff and laid off associates. And the firm has lowered associate salaries. With all that writing on the wall, current Hogan summer associates couldn’t have been terribly surprised by today’s news. Here’s part of an […] -
Hogan & Hartson
Governor Bill Ritter And The Hogan Connection
One of the reasons why law firms try to treat their alumni well is that you never know when they will come back and throw a little business your way. The current governor of Colorado, Bill Ritter, put in a year at Hogan & Hartson — after 12 years as a district attorney, before running […] -
Hogan & Hartson, Layoffs
Hogan & Hartson Lets Go of 30 Senior Associates
Firm management and rank-and-file associates at Hogan & Hartson continue to disagree about whether layoffs are taking place at the firm. Of course, as we’ve said countless times in these pages, what constitutes a “layoff” is a bit in the eye of the beholder. The overall point is that, with normal attrition down, firms sometimes […] - Sponsored
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Hogan & Hartson, Layoffs
Hogan & Hartson's Performance Evaluation System
[Ed. Note: Those with cat like reflexes will remember that this post appeared briefly last night. We pulled it back to give the King of Pop his due.] Given the times, any change to the parameters of a firm’s performance reviews are met with great trepidation by associates at the firm. The least firms can […] -
Hogan & Hartson, Start Dates
Nationwide Start Date Watch: Hogan & Hartson Is Moving On Back
When firms catch a case of the economy, their illnesses often follow similar courses. They may freeze salaries. They may conduct layoffs. And the latest trendy symptom: they may push back associate start dates, the idea being that saving a couple months’ worth of associate pay will somehow shore up the firms’ balance sheets, steel […] -
Hogan & Hartson, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Staff Layoffs
Hogan & Hartson Offers Buyout of 250-300 Staff
Multiple sources told ATL on Friday that Hogan & Hartson would offer a buyout to 250-300 of its support staff. The firm has now had an opportunity to inform all of the personnel. We spoke with Hogan & Hartson Chairman J. Warren Gorrell Jr. on Friday. He explained that the buyout is part of Hogan’s […] -
Alston & Bird, Arent Fox, Arnold & Porter, Blank Rome, Chadbourne & Parke, Dorsey & Whitney, Hogan & Hartson, Salary Freeze, Sheppard Mullin, Sonnenschein, Venable
Updated Salary Freeze Round-up: Even More Firms on Ice
As we noted in yesterday’s Morning Docket, even the New York Times has taken note of the salary freeze trend at law firms. The Times reached out to Above The Law’s own David Lat for the story: Although many associates are angry about the freezes, others are relieved, said David Lat, founding editor of AboveTheLaw.com, […] -
Alston & Bird, Hogan & Hartson, Salary Freeze
Nationwide Pay Freeze Watch: Brrr! Things are getting chilly beneath the Mason-Dixon Line
While many firms announced their decisions to freeze 2009 salaries at the end of 2008, a few waited until now to make up their minds. Memos went out before the first paychecks of the year to associates at Atlanta-based Alston & Bird and Washington, D.C.-based Hogan & Hartson. Alston’s is a Slurpee freeze with the […]
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Associate Bonus Watch 2008, Hogan & Hartson
Associate Bonus Watch: Hogan & Hartson Keeps D.C. Interesting
After spending some quality time with Stephen Hawking and an abacus, we are now ready to report the bonus associates at Hogan & Hartson will be receiving this year. For the firm’s offices in D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Northern Virginia the scale is as follows: 2002 and above – $7,500 to $37,500 2003-2005 – $7,500 […] -
Arnold & Porter, Heller Ehrman, Hogan & Hartson, Layoffs, Sheppard Mullin, Sonnenschein
Crisis for some firms, opportunity for others
It’s been a dark week on ATL. Layoff news has been pouring in: 21 attorneys cut at Katten, up to 60 at Sonnenschein, and 20 at Clifford Chance. To prevent you from jumping out your windows, we’re revisiting a Wall Street Journal article from earlier this month on the silver lining for law firms during […] -
D.C. Circuit, Harvard, Hogan & Hartson, Monica Goodling, Stephen Williams, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 8.24: Herb-al Essence
As we expected, celebrity professors Cass Sunstein and Samatha Power were the winners of last week’s July Couple of the Month voting, running away with over 60 percent of the vote. Congratulations to this nerdy-hot duo! This week’s set of contestants might be the strongest we’ve seen this season. Their write-ups feature five Harvard degrees, […] -
Hogan & Hartson, Vault 100 open threads - 2009
Fall Recruiting Open Thread: Vault 21-30 (2009)
In connection with on-campus interviewing season, we’re giving you a chance to assess the firms that made this year’s Vault 100 list of most prestigious law firms. The previous open threads listed firms in groups of five, but to up the pace, we’ll list them by ten from here on out. Here’s the next group, […] -
Akin Gump, Associate Bonus Watch 2007, Biglaw, Bonuses, Hogan & Hartson, Money, Sheppard Mullin, Skaddenfreude
Associate Bonus Watch: A Pre-Holiday Round-Up
Let’s send you into the holiday weekend with some associate bonus news. Here are some law firm bonus announcements that haven’t been previously covered in these pages. (Firms that previously announced their bonuses, but are being sneaky about the exact amounts and/or the percentage of associates getting them, will be addressed separately. This post is […] -
Advertising, Bad Ideas, Hogan & Hartson, Weirdness
Those Weird Hogan & Hartson Ads: The Mystery Revealed
Remember those strange radio advertisements about Hogan & Hartson? We discussed them here and here. The ads went something like this: Did you hire a Hogan and Hartson senior partner for bet the company liltigation? Was your case handled by a junior lawyer instead of the senior partner you thought you were paying for? Call […] -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Cheapness, Hogan & Hartson, Holidays and Seasons
Hogan & Hartson to... Two Extra Days Off!
Late last month, we posted what appeared to be a White & Case memo, concerning requests for vacation during the Christmas week this year. There was some debate in the comments about the memo’s authenticity and/or how widely it was distributed (e.g., maybe it was just for the M&A group). But the gist of the […]