Perks / Fringe Benefits
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Biglaw, Health Care / Medicine, Perks / Fringe Benefits
What's Going On With Law Firm Benefits?
A new study reveals that law firms are engaged in “stealth cost shifting" when it comes to health benefits. -
Bar Exams, Biglaw, Career Center, Career Files, Law Students, Money, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Which Firms Pay The Most Generous Starting Bonuses And Salary Advances?
As a supplement to our Law Firm Directory of the ATL Career Center, we offer a new resource that covers signing bonuses, advances, and more. - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Biglaw, Fabulosity, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Rankings
6 Law Firms Make Fortune's List Of The ‘Best Companies to Work For’
Six law firms made the list -- was your firm one of them?
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9th Circuit, American Bar Association / ABA, Biglaw, Blogging, Celebrities, Free Speech, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Pregnancy / Paternity, Suicide, Texas
Morning Docket: 01.21.14
* For the first time, a federal appeals court extended First Amendment protections reserved for trained journalists at traditional news entities to bloggers. Yippee, thanks Ninth Circuit! [L.A. Now / Los Angeles Times]
* If you want a Biglaw firm with a really generous 401(k) plan, look no further than Sullivan & Cromwell. It’s the most generous law firm plan in the country, with O’Melveny & Myers in second place. [BenefitsPro]
* A brain-dead patient in Texas is being used as an incubator because a state law requires hospitals to continue life support for pregnant women. Calling this the “cruelest pregnancy” is much too kind. [New York Times]
* Here are some depressing facts: not only are lawyers 3.6 times more likely to be depressed than non-lawyers, but they also rank in fourth place in terms of suicides per profession. Call someone if you need help. [CNN]
* Florida A&M must be absolutely thrilled that the ABA canceled the school’s show-cause hearing. It appears that the law school will be able to keep its accreditation, for now. [Tallahassee Democrat]
* If you’re a parent considering going to law school with a young child at home, congrats, because you must be rich to be toying with an idea like that. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News & World Report]
* Playboy is suing Harper’s Bazaar for using its pictures of Kate Moss without permission. The men’s mag wants $150K per picture posted on the luxury mag’s website — that’s one lavish lapin. [Independent]
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Biglaw, Fabulosity, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Rankings, Sheppard Mullin
Crain’s 2013 ‘Best Places To Work In NYC’ List Includes Seven Law Firms
Which law firms are considered tops in the city that never sleeps? Let's find out... -
Biglaw, Money, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Social Media
ATL Survey Miscellany: Health Care, Compensation, And Social Media
A look at 3 of our ongoing survey projects: and a request for help with a new research initiative. -
Art, Baseball, Biglaw, D.C. Circuit, Elena Kagan, Federal Judges, Holland & Knight, Judicial Nominations, LSAT, Morning Docket, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Pregnancy / Paternity, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sandra Day O'Connor, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, You Go Girl
Morning Docket: 10.29.13
* The four female Supremes gathered last night (and kept RBG up past her bedtime) to celebrate the unveiling of a lifelike painting of themselves that’ll be on display for years. You go girls! [Reliable Source / Washington Post]
* Now that cloture’s been filed on a would-be D.C. Circuit judge, these judicial nominations are getting exciting. You should probably get ready for a battle royal on Patricia Millett’s qualifications later this week. [Blog of Legal Times]
* The women over at Holland & Knight must be pregnant with glee now that the firm is offering incredibly attractive paid maternity and adoption leave packages in the hope of retaining its lady lawyers. [Daily Business Review]
* People want to know if they should take the LSAT in December or February. Are they serious? Take it in December so you can retake it if you screw up. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News & World Report]
* Aww, Barry Bonds wants the Ninth Circuit to rehear his obstruction of justice conviction with 11 judges instead of three. Perhaps he thinks that more judges will equal more sympathy. [San Jose Mercury News]
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Biglaw, Health Care / Medicine, Job Survey, Money, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Reader Polls
Biglaw Health Insurance Costs: The ATL Survey Results
The results of our reader survey on law firm health insurance plans. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Biglaw, Health Care / Medicine, Job Survey, Money, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Reader Polls
Are Biglaw Health Insurance Premium Increases Really Stealth Pay Cuts?
Take our reader survey on post-Recession changes to law firm health insurance costs. -
Deaths, Job Searches, Labor / Employment, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Lawyer Perk Watch: Attorneys Unlikely To Die Horribly At Work!
What job are you most likely to do die in while doing? -
Biglaw, Federal Government, Job Searches, Kids, Money, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Pregnancy / Paternity
Biglaw Might Be The Only Way You'll Ever Afford Child Care
Working and having a baby means you're probably working for free. -
Perks / Fringe Benefits, Practice Pointers, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
A Word To Government Lawyers Taking The Plunge
Don't join a small firm or open your own practice until you know all the details, explains Brian Tannebaum. -
Biglaw, Federal Government, Money, Old People, Perks / Fringe Benefits
The Feds Step In to Take Over Yet Another Underfunded Biglaw Pension Plan
Which law firm turned to the government for help this time, and how underfunded was its pension plan?
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Biglaw, Intellectual Property, Law Schools, Money, Patents, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Student Loans
Biglaw Perk Watch: Tuition Reimbursement
Want to go to law school for free? Get your employer to pay for it! -
Biglaw, Kids, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Pregnancy / Paternity, Women's Issues
Should Egg Freezing Be A Fringe Benefit Offered By Your Firm?
It's a plan for firms to put your family on ice... -
Biglaw, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Rankings
Biglaw Perk Watch: Law Firm 401k Rankings
Is your firm's 401k plan among the best in the industry? No? Take to the barricades, my comrades! -
Adoption, Alston & Bird, Arnold & Porter, Biglaw, Gay, Gay Marriage, Health Care / Medicine, Insurance, Money, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Tax Law
Biglaw Perk Watch: Adoption Benefits(Plus an update on the gay gross-up.)
Which major law firms offer benefits that cover adoption and/or surrogacy costs? Plus an update on the gay gross-up (aka "tax equalization for same-sex health benefits"). -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Biglaw Perk Watch: Career Coaches
More and more law firms are hiring career coaches for their lawyers. What do career coaches do, and what explains their increasing popularity? -
Akin Gump, Biglaw, Gay, Gay Marriage, Health Care / Medicine, Insurance, Money, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Tax Law
Biglaw Perk Watch: Tax Equalization for Same-Sex Health Benefits
Which major law firms now offer the tax offset for domestic partner health benefits? -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Skadden's Spring Bonus? Gift Cards For Associates!
Don't leave home without Skadden's new bonus program...