Perks / Fringe Benefits
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Dewey & LeBoeuf, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Small Law Firms, Technology
Morning Docket: 05.16.12
* When Dewey tell the world that we’re dead, but not yet buried? The firm filed a notice with the New York State Department of Labor listing its closing date as yesterday. And what’s their reason for doing so? “Economic.” [Am Law Daily (sub. req.)]
* “The continuing loss of revenue-generating partners and Dewey’s debt load has culminated in the imminent demise of Dewey.” Damn, the PBGC certainly doesn’t mince words. Say hello to the flailing firm’s latest lawsuit of many. [Reuters]
* A judge reinstated Le-Nature’s $500M case against K&L Gates for failure to detect fraud. Hope the firm has a half-billion lying around — they haven’t been doing too well with the whole honesty thing lately. [Businessweek]
* You stay classy, DSK! Your aggravated pimp hand is strong! Dominique Strauss-Kahn filed a $1M countersuit against Nafissatou Diallo because she “ruined his life, personally and professionally.” [Wall Street Journal]
* Conspiring to price fix? There’s an app for that! A federal judge denied Apple’s and several book publisher’s motions to dismiss a consumer class-action lawsuit about e-book pricing. [Media Decoder / New York Times]
* Now this is some backwards ass Fern Gully sh*t. A judge refused to dismiss Chevron’s racketeering and fraud lawsuit against New York attorney Steven Donziger for his work done in Ecuador. [New York Law Journal]
* Thomas Jefferson Law will be the site of the next solo incubator. This is a great way to keep your grads from suing you (not to mention a great way to increase your employed-at-nine-months rate). [National Law Journal]
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Biglaw, Chadbourne & Parke, Gay, Gay Marriage, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Tax Law
More Firms Stand Up For Marriage Equality
Which major law firms now offer the tax offset for domestic partner health benefits? - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Dissolution, Health Care / Medicine, Labor / Employment, Layoffs, Partner Issues, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Unemployment
Dewey Have Any WARN Act Liability? Let's Discuss
What is the WARN Act all about? How does a company violate it? What are the remedies for violation?
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Adoption, Biglaw, Billable Hours, Gay, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Travel / Vacation
A Biglaw Firm Institutes A Smaller Hours Requirement
One Biglaw firm is actually lowering its hours requirement. And instituting a new adoption / surrogacy benefit too. Could these trends spread? -
Biglaw, Blind Item, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Real Estate
Biglaw Blind Item: Paradise Lost
For a Biglaw partner, is there anything more humiliating than being stripped of a corner office? -
Biglaw, Health Care / Medicine, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Biglaw Perk Watch: Deterring Dependents
Biglaw benefits haven't been frozen in time since 2007. We have extensively reported on the "gay gross up" (or “tax equalization for same-sex health benefits”) trend. But there have been some interesting health benefit trends happening at law firms beyond extending basic fairness to same-sex couples. Adam Okun has done a round-up of Biglaw perks on the blog Frenkely Speaking. It's not going to come as a galloping shock that Biglaw is punishing to families.... -
Biglaw, Gay, Gay Marriage, Health Care / Medicine, Ho-Love, Money, Munger Tolles & Olson, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Tax Law
Biglaw Perk Watch: Has the Gay Gross-Up Hit the Tipping Point?
It’s late October, so Biglaw bonus news could drop any day now. In 2010, Cravath didn’t kick off the season until November 22. But back in 2009, Cravath announced bonuses on November 2. And in 2007 — yes, the glory days, before the Great Recession — Cravath announced bonuses, regular and “special,” on October 29. […] -
Bar Exams, Breasts, California, Divorce Train Wrecks, Family Law, Kasowitz Benson, Morning Docket, Nancy Grace, Perks / Fringe Benefits, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 09.28.11
* Not a wardrobe malfunction, my ass. Nancy Grace would sooner allow Casey Anthony to babysit her kids than admit that she had a nip slip on live television. [New York Post] * When you have a “superior legal mind,” it’s easier for your feelings to get hurt. Gregory Berry now claims that Kasowitz Benson […]
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Biglaw, BuckleySandler, Gay, Gay Marriage, Health Care / Medicine, Money, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Tax Law, Williams Mullen
Biglaw Perk Watch: More Firms Adopt the Gay Gross-Up
We have been tracking which leading law firms offer the perk we've nicknamed the gay gross-up. If you're inclined towards formality, you can call it the "tax offset for domestic partner health benefits." For an explanation of what this perk is all about, read this prior post. Since our last round-up, additional prominent law firms have adopted this policy. Let's check out the latest list.... -
Biglaw, Gay, Gay Marriage, Health Care / Medicine, McCarter & English, Money, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Tax Law
Biglaw Perk Watch: The Gay Gross-Up Is All the Rage
Here in the great state of New York, marriage equality is the order of the day — as it is in five other states, plus D.C.. But due to the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal tax code does not recognize same-sex unions. As a result, as explained by the law firm of McCarter & […] -
Biglaw, Gay, Gay Marriage, Health Care / Medicine, Money, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Tax Law
Biglaw Perk Watch: The Gay Gross-Up Gains Traction
As many of you know, here at Above the Law we have been tracking which major law firms offer a non-salary benefit that we’ve dubbed the gay gross-up. As we’ve previously explained, quoting a memo issued by Simpson Thacher, the gay gross-up is “[a] ‘gross-up’ for employees who enroll same-sex partners in the Firm’s health […] -
Perks / Fringe Benefits, Small Law Firms
Small Firms, Big Lawyers: Get Rid of Sick Days
Every so often a lawyer with a small firm will ask me what to do about providing employees with paid sick days. The practice is much more common in large firms, but many lawyers have come to expect it as a perk no matter how big their firms are. (To be clear, I’m talking about […] -
Biglaw, Gay, Gay Marriage, Health Care / Medicine, Money, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Tax Law
Biglaw Perk Watch: The Gay Gross-Up Goes Top Tier
The case for same-sex marriage should rest less upon dollars and cents and more upon fundamental principles of fairness (as recently argued by Professor Jaye Cee Whitehead in a New York Times op-ed piece). But it’s certainly the case that money matters should not be overlooked when it comes to marriage equality. We’ve previously discussed […]
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Kids, Law Schools, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Should Law Schools Offer Child Care? An ATL Debate
There’s a very interesting debate coming out of Washington State: Should universities do more to provide child care for students with children? On Monday, parents across the University of Washington system brought their kids to class to protest the lack of child care options in the area. It’s an important question. According to the Seattle […] -
Boutique Law Firms, Fabulosity, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Small Law Firms
Size Matters: How Are Small Law Firms Like Oscars After-Parties?
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Size Matters, one of Above the Law’s new columns for small-firm lawyers. I am getting tired of hearing about all these large law firms and their unnecessary spring bonuses. This weekend I went on a trip with friends who all work in Biglaw, and the topic came […] -
Biglaw, Health Care / Medicine, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Health Care Costs: Open Thread
Health care is a hot topic these days, especially in the wake of yet another federal judge striking down Obamacare. So let’s talk about health care, shall we? -
Biglaw, Holland & Knight, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Technology
Holland & Knight Has Common Courtesy to Give Associates Reach-Arounds iPads
When does the gift of a hot gadget feel like an insult? Apparently when you are an associate at Holland & Knight. This bonus season, the firm gave all of its associates free iPads. And… Well, associates are still waiting to see if there will be anything other than iPads as a bonus present from […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2010, Biglaw, Bonuses, Gay, Gay Marriage, Money, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Tax Law
Associate Bonus Watch: Linklaters Matches Cravath(But at least it has the gay gross-up.)
Here’s some very belated bonus news. Earlier this month, the New York office of Linklaters announced bonuses that matched the Cravath scale. As usual at Linklaters, there was no hours requirement. The news was communicated via individual memo. A Cravath match, especially in a bonus season when some firms are paying significantly more, kinda sucks […] -
Bar Exams, Biglaw, Drinking, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Biglaw Perk Watch: Winston & Strawn Breaks Out the Bubbly for Bar Passers
Here’s some nice news to counteract all the unhappiness over associate bonuses (not Cahill’s, which were great, but Cravath’s and all the Cravath followers). There’s no word yet, at least as far as we know, on bonuses at Winston & Strawn. But for incoming associates who just passed the bar, Winston is congratulating them with […] -
Biglaw, Gay, Gay Marriage, Money, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Tax Law, Videos
Biglaw Perk Watch: MoFo Takes a Stand for Fairness
Sorry, we’re still waiting for the Biglaw bonus shoe to drop. While you wait, here’s some good news in the Biglaw benefits area (a la Proskauer’s iPad announcement). On Wednesday, I asked: “Remember Google’s gay gross-up? Barclays is doing it too. Will law firms follow suit?” At least one law firm is stepping up to […]