Morgan Lewis & Bockius
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Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Dissolution, Holland & Knight, Lateral Moves, Magic Circle, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Pepper Hamilton
Dewey Have More Partner Departures To Report? Sadly, Yes
Who are the latest partners to leave Dewey & LeBoeuf, and where are they going? -
Associate Bonus Watch 2011, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Morgan Lewis & Bucks-ius
Thanks to everyone who responded to our recent request for information about 2011 bonuses at Morgan Lewis & Bockius. Here's our report on bonuses at MLB. How are Morgan Lewis associates feeling about their bonuses? We'll get the ball rolling with some tips that we've received.... - Sponsored
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7th Circuit, Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Frank Easterbrook, Practice Pointers, R. Ted Cruz, Screw-Ups
Benchslap of the Day: Judge Easterbrook Benchslaps Biglaw
Lately the Seventh Circuit has been laying down its pimp hand. Biglaw just got a big benchslap -- from none other than Chief Judge Easterbrook. Which firm incurred His Honor's wrath, and for what alleged infraction?
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Antitrust, Deaths, Litigators, Partner Issues
Morgan Lewis Partner Passes Away in Office
From all indications, Mark P. Edwards, a partner at Morgan Lewis & Bockius who died at his desk on Friday, was one of those people who liked working in Biglaw. His friends and family will mourn that his life was too short, but hopefully they will feel that he died doing what he wanted to do.... -
Biglaw, Dissolution, Howrey LLP, Musical Chairs
Howrey Going to Hold On to Partners? Eleven Lawyers Leave for Morgan Lewis
The troubled law firm of Howrey has previously been compared to a ship. If the comparison is accurate, then one has to wonder whether the ship be sinking. Look at how many sailors — officers, even — are abandoning ship. The latest news: eleven Howrey lawyers have left for Morgan Lewis & Bockius, in Chicago […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2010, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Morgan Lewis & Bockius
This week brought annual reviews and individual bonus news for associates at Morgan Lewis & Bockius. Today (Friday) is payday, so everyone at MLB should know their bonus by now (or fairly soon). Back in November, firm chairman Francis M. Milone stated that 2010 bonuses would be “substantially larger” than last year. So that set […] -
Biglaw, FCC, JPMorgan Chase, Partner Issues, R. Ted Cruz, Television, Wall Street, Yul Kwon
Musical Chairs: Legal Celebrities on the Move(Including the energy lawyers going from MWE to CWT.)
A new year, a new job. That seems to be the thinking of many within the legal profession, based on the proliferation of professional moves we have to report (and not just out of Howrey). We’ll start with one move that’s aspirational rather than actual. Legal and political superstar Ted Cruz — the Morgan Lewis […] -
Killing Lockstep
Morgan Lewis: Anticipates Large Bonus Pool and Not Moving Towards Merit-Based Compensation
Morgan Lewis & Bockius associates: your long nightmare might be at an end. All the way back in July of 2009, MLB became one of the first firms to announce its intention to do away with lockstep compensation. Back then, the firm was still in the teeth of the recession, it had canceled its 2010 […] - Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Law Schools, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
Fall Recruiting Glitters in the Golden State
Greetings, loved ones. Hello there, California girls (and boys). We hope that you’re doing well. Gay marriage might be on hold for now, but there are other unions to celebrate on the West Coast. Like unions between law firms and job-seeking law students. As we’ve discussed in these pages before, on-campus interviewing at law schools […] -
Rankings, Vault 100 Open Threads: 2011, Vault rankings
Fall Recruiting Open Threads: Vault 41 – 60 (2011)
We’re doing our annual march through the Vault prestige rankings, to give ATL readers the opportunity to have their say about perks and pitfalls at these firms. If your firm actually let you swap your Blackberry for your iPhone, brag here. Or if your firm has such a strong stench that it makes you nauseous, […] -
Associate Salaries, Killing Lockstep, Salary Freeze
Nationwide Salary Watch: Morgan Lewis Raises Salaries
We have good news for Morgan, Lewis & Bockius associates. Salary information is in and most people are getting raises. True-up raises at that. The class of 2008 pulled the short straw, but everybody else seems relatively happy. A tipster reports: Please post that yesterday MLB essentially unfroze salaries (most ’08 grades only went up […]
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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