Anthony J. Carbone

One Biglaw firm is actually lowering its hours requirement. And instituting a new adoption / surrogacy benefit too. Could these trends spread?

Congratulations to Bingham McCutchen, which recently earned a spot on Fortune's best companies to work for -- for the eighth year in a row. And congratulations to Bingham's nine new partners. And congratulations to high-billing associates at Bingham. They were rewarded with "extraordinary" bonuses, as set forth in the firm's bonus memo....