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Tracking Biglaw Bonuses And War Crimes — See Generally

Bonus Tracker Season Officially Begins: Clear your calendars, mute your partners, and keep refreshing -- the market has opinions and associates have spreadsheets.

Military's New GenAI Knows A War Crime When It Sees One: Pete Hegseth's new toy immediately doubleclicked on why you can't double tap.

Federal Judge Who Allegedly Ignored Court Orders Now Allegedly Ignoring Court Ethics: Emil Bove remains consistent!

The Time For Persuasion Is Over: Justice Sotomayor had the administration by the throat, but opted to try to convince the majority to see reason when the nation is well past that point.

Global Biglaw Merger Discovers Divorce Is Also An Option: The once-trumpeted international tie-up is quietly preparing to go its separate ways, proving synergy is temporary but regret is forever.

Firm Beats Trump In Court, Loses To Office Attendance Policy: After defeating executive overreach, the firm turned inward and mandated more face time with the copy machine.

Professor Sues After Discovering Free Speech Has Conditions: Retaliation over comments about Charlie Kirk heads to federal court, where irony enjoys strong venue selection.

Since When Can Presidents Do That? — See Also

President Trump Pardons Election Denier For State Crimes: What part of Federalism is this?

See If You Can Catch All Of The Issues With Trump's AI Executive Order: Who said issue spotters were just a law school thing!

Mega Merger Alert!: Winston & Strawn and Taylor Wessing are in tie-up talks.

At This Firm The Market Is The Floor!: Associates at Axinn are making bank!

Elon Thinks Any Regulation Is Censorship: That's not at all what the fine for violating the Digital Services Act is doing.

Judge Mandates Breakfast Break During Immigration Hearing: ICE drove someone in custody 7 hours without feeding them.

So Much Bonus Money! — See Also

Boutiques Are Sharing The Wealth: Perry Law, Pallas Partners, and Ross Aronstam & Moritz!

As Are Biglaw Firms!: Freshfields and Sullivan & Cromwell!

Latham Gets Honored As A Pro Bono Innovator: They somehow forgot to mention the pro bono payola.

Lawsuit Aims To Know What Work The Trump-Cowering Firms Are Up To: American Oversight wants answers.

Mind The Deadline!: Apply for the Startup Alley Competition at ABA Techshow!

$300K Bonuses?! — See Also

These Firms Are Really Giving Back To Their Associates!: Great time to work at Boies Schiller or Kellogg Hansen!

Another Boutique Putting The Market To Shame: Dunn Isaacson Rhee is paying out some major coin!

The Gift That Keeps On Taking: Economists say Trump's tariffs will cost families thousands.

Federal Judges Aren't Supposed To Be Politicking: Did Emil Bove not get the message?

Even 'The Future Of American Warfare' Thinks It Was A War Crime: Hegseth's bold call to integrate GenAi.mil is already backfiring.

Free Speech On Trial: Professor sues school for retaliating over a Facebook comment.

Is Protégé Next Up?: LexisNexis just dropped a huge AI expansion pack.

The Boutique Money Is Beautiful — See Also

Kellogg Hansen Comes In Over The Market!: Big money from a small firm!

Boutique Money Is Bigger In Texas: Check out Yetter Coleman's bonus compensation!

The Sotomayor "Gotcha" Moment Doesn't Hold Up Under Scrutiny: A handful of examples over 230 years isn't the stare decisis ender the gov't thinks it is.

Wait A Little Longer Before You Use Your Locker: White Supremacist's return to school gets put on pause.

Mind Who You Clerk For: The Legal Accountability Project can help you navigate the 1 in17 abusive judges offering clerkships.

Mind Your Taxes!: A couple of small changes could save you thousands in the long run.

Holiday Reminder: Make sure to place your entry in our 17th Annual Holiday Card contest!

First They Stood Up, Now You Have To Come In — See Also

Jenner & Block Expects Associates In 4 Days A Week: The change is set for March 1st, 2026.

Harvard Law Professor Deported Over Shooting Pellet Gun: The nearby synagogue thinks it was fair game, but that's not enough to stop antisemitism accusations.

There Goes The Evidence!: The DOJ's case against James Comey somehow got even weaker.

The White House Is Still Starstruck With Sabrina Carpenter: Could you imagine a more annoying fan?

Quitting Before You Start: Alina Habba steps down from the job she didn't actually have.

AI Trends Are Shifting The Work In-House: It gets harder for outside firms to justify price hikes when everyone has the same LLM.

Your Honor, May The Record Reflect… Dicks v. Kuntz — See Generally

Serious Case, Extremely Not-Serious Caption: Get ready to giggle like you're 12-years old again.

"Shrug" Is Not Really The Response Anyone Who Cares About The Rule Of Law Wanted To Hear: The disciplinary (non) case against Lindsay Halligan.

Say What You Want About Kim Kardashian's Quest To Become An Esquire: But it sure isn't a reason to get *rid* of the bar exam. Quite the opposite, actually.

USC Law Drama: The divorce that launched a Title IX investigation, a federal lawsuit, and lots of intrigue.

2025 Is Weird, But I Didn't Have Digging Up A Supreme Court Justice's Bones On My Bingo Card: Conservative legal analysts may have lost the plot.

Todd Blanche Chilling Warning To White-Collar Lawyers: Shut up or else.

Trial Lawyer. Fact Witness: Alex Spiro can do it all.

All The Latest Biglaw Bonus Info: In one convenient place.

We Notice If You Notice — See Also

White-Collar Crime Matters If You Disrespect Trump: It's a very clear "We go after our political enemies" message.

The Art Of Saying Goodbye: Here are some easy guidelines for telling the firm adios.

Tish James Is Unscratched: No luck on that indictment. Sorry Trump!

NYT Sues DOD And Pete Hegseth: They're fighting to ask the questions the public needs answered.

Spread The Holiday Spirit!: Send in your holiday themed cards for our 17th Holiday Card Contest!

Keeping Out The Kardashians — See Also

Defending The Bar Exam Points To An Unexpected Icon: You can acknowledge the bar exam sucks AND that Kim Kardashian isn't ready to be a lawyer.

$200k Super Bonus?!: Cahill goes above and beyond for some of their 2018-2021 associates!

Even More Bonuses!: Check out Orrick and Katten!

Could You Stop Doing This One?: Sabrina Carpenter tells the White House to stop using her music.

Looking For The Best Online Law Programs?: These are the schools you should apply to!

Messy Law School Breakups Aren’t Just For Students — See Also

Law Professor Files Title IX Complaint Mid Divorce: The school is ready for the court battle.

Today's Bonus Announcement!: McKool Smith is sharing the wealth!

Biglaw Firm Moves For Texas!: Fennemore Craig associates are about to eat a lot of good barbecue!

College Quarterback Asks Trump To Make Playoffs Great Again: That's not how the government works.

FTC Sets Its Sights On ABA Accreditation: They say its about consumer protection, but its probably just administration vindictiveness.

Legal Gatekeepers Leave Gate Open For Lindsey Halligan — See Also

Virginia Is For Responsibility Abdicators: Virginia State Bar throws their hands up instead of holding Lindsey Halligan responsible.

They're Digging Up Skeletons. Literally: Conservatives want to dig up William O. Douglas's bones to own the libs.

More Bonuses!: Sidley Austin, Sheppard Mullin.

Once, Twice, Three Times The Fentanyl: Alabama lawyer accused of trying to kill her husband, among other things.

The Supremacy Clause Gives And Takes Away: State-level workers' rights fall through because of federal preemption.

Alex Spiro, Attorney And Witness: Judge lets rare occasion fly in Twitter price manipulation case.

King & Spalding Appellate Attorney Dies Climbing New Zealand's Tallest Mountain: We extend our condolences.

Dicks And Kuntz! Read All About It! — See Also

Collision Sends Two Families To Court: Serious case, but you've gotta admit the names are funny.

Tell Us About Your Bonuses!: We heard from Willkie and Perkins Coie!

White Supremacist Wins Day In Court: The ball is back in University of Florida's court.

Eight Crazy Days: That's how long it took to kick Trump's nonsense RICO suit.

Here's Our 17th Annual Holiday Card Contest!: Send in your submissions!

LOLSuit To Cost Trump Dearly — See Generally

Eleventh Circuit Won't Save Trump And Habba From Sanctions: The American presidency goes from "a million points of light" to "a million dollars in legal sanctions" in a generation.

Milbank Makes Biglaw Bonus Amounts Official: The firm finally weighed in and matched the market.

One Simple Trick To Make Associates Happy: Turns out that giving people money works better than wellness webinars.

Lindsey Halligan Pulls Off A Perfect Double-Faceplant: In a remarkable display of efficiency, she managed to lose both of her big cases in one swoop.

Biglaw Announces Stress-Reduction Plan For Summer Associates: The program is shorter now, which is one way to prepare them for being laid off in favor of AI in a couple years.

Law Professor Responds To Trump With Karate Chop: In defense of Miss Piggy.

Check The Scorecard! — See Also

Did Your Firm Announce Bonuses Yet?: We made it easy for you to catch up on (or rush) the compensation!

These Firms Did!: Linklaters, Clifford Chance.

Dumb Costs: Trump and Habba have to pay for their failures. With cash.

The Search Continues For A Missing Lawyer: While the Union County Fire/Rescue has suspended their search, the private search will keep on.

Keep The Bonus News Coming! — See Also

The Latest Bonus Matches: Tis the season to be thankful at Weil and Holwell Shuster !

Your Time Is Up: Statute of limitations means they won't get another bite at Comey.

Giving Up Isn't A Winning Strategy: Marc Elias weighs in on dealing with Trump.

Say A Little Less To Your LLM: Those ChatGPT chats aren't as private as the average person thinks!

An Icon For Our Time: Will Miss Piggy be the new emblem of resistance?