Perks / Fringe Benefits
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Biglaw, Fabulosity, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Shopping For Others, Technology
Associate Benefits Watch: Proskauer to iPads
It feels a little bit weird to talk (and bitch) about the high-end lifestyle enjoyed Biglaw associates on Veterans Day. We’re all very thankful for the people who risk their lives to keep us safe, secure, and free. Okay, random moment of conscience over. Where are the goddamn bonuses? The first Biglaw bonus memo still […] -
Biglaw, Fabulosity, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Shopping For Others, Small Law Firms, Technology
Law Firm Perk Watch: Who Wants a Free iPad?
The recession is officially over, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. But don’t just take NBER’s word for it; there are other signs, too. Like the return of law firm perks. Sources report that Edelson McGuire — a Chicago-based boutique with some high-profile clients, like Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich — is giving away […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Divorce Train Wrecks, Family Law, Money, Old People, Partner Issues, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Retirement Benefits for Partners: How Does Your Firm Handle Them?
It’s important to think about — and not just think about, but save for — your retirement. This is especially true now that Social Security is looking less than alluring. (When I see that money taken out of my paycheck, I just kiss it goodbye, forever.) When it comes to providing for associates and other […]
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Biglaw, Gay, Gay Marriage, Google / Search Engines, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Tax Law
Biglaw Perk Watch: A Follow-Up on Google's Gay Gross-Up
If you’re a gay employee and have a domestic partner who receives health benefits through your employer, you have to pay more in federal income tax — about $1,000 a year, on average. This is because federal law, thanks to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), doesn’t recognize same-sex marriages. As a result, the feds […] -
Biglaw, Gay, Gay Marriage, Google / Search Engines, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Tax Law
Biglaw Perk Watch: Google's Gay Gross-Up
It’s good to be gay at Google — or a “Gaygler,” as they call themselves. And not just because the company sometimes has a float in the San Francisco Pride parade. The New York Times recently reported: [Last] Thursday, Google [began] covering a cost that gay and lesbian employees must pay when their partners receive […] -
Advertising, Biglaw, Career Center, Job Searches, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center: Firms With Benefits
Welcome to the next in our series on the results of the 2010 ATL/Career Center Associate Satisfaction survey. We’ve used the survey results to revamp the Career Center, powered by Lateral Link, with completely updated profiles and each week, we are highlighting insider information that Members shared about their firms in the eight key areas of associate satisfaction covered by the Career Center. […] -
Biglaw, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Latham Lathams Accrued Vacation
In a move that can best be described as cheap, Latham & Watkins joins a growing list of firms that will not allow associates to accrue vacation time. Why would a firm deny its associates the opportunity to get paid out for unused vacation days when they leave the firm (voluntarily or involuntarily)? Because it […] -
Food, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Schulte Nixes Seamless Before 8:30
Most Biglaw New York lawyers would die of malnutrition without SeamlessWeb. Malnutrition, people! Because nobody has time to run down 50 floors to grab a bite to eat after hours. Given the recession, charging 6:30 steak dinners to clients is no longer cool. But Schulte Roth & Zabel could be taking its anti-Seamless policy a […] - Sponsored
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Akerman Senterfitt, Health Care / Medicine, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Swine Flu, Travel / Vacation
Another Way to Handle Swine Flu
We previously reported on Ropes & Gray hoarding Tamiflu for its employees. Reaction was mixed. Some people applauded Ropes looking out for the health of their employees and their families; others feared that Ropes was unwittingly contributing to a drug-resistant strain of the H1N1 virus. But there are many ways to prevent an outbreak of […] -
Cheapness, Law Schools, Perks / Fringe Benefits
NYU Law: How Much Do Your Paper Cups Cost?
The competition between NYU Law and Columbia Law is always fierce — even when it is a race to the penny-pinching bottom. Two weeks ago, we told you that Columbia is now charging students for plastic forks (though chopsticks remain free). Not to be outdone, a disgruntled NYU Law tipster reports: So I’m in my […] -
Cheapness, Food, Law Schools, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Ridiculousness
Columbia Law School Now Charges For Plastic Forks
Tuition at Columbia Law School this year is $48,004 (which doesn’t include $1,638 for health insurance and a $95 “transcript fee”). The estimated living cost for an academic year is $21,263. Putting it all together, students are looking at more than $70,000 for a year of legal education, during the worst recession in the legal […] -
Perks / Fringe Benefits
Reversed Perk Watch: No Soda For You
We are fighting two wars, the economy is in the toilet, and the assassinations of Biggie and Tupac remain unsolved, but our elected leaders have spent a lot of time concerning themselves with soda (a.k.a: pop). Literally, the President of the United States is concerned about this. Here in New York, wealthy overlord mayor Michael […] -
Fabulosity, Fashion, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Biglaw Perk Watch: Clifford Chance's Lingerie Allowance?
Like most days, I started my morning with a Red Bull and the best morning man in the business, Pat Kiernan. Everything was proceeding normally, until I received this tip in the ATL inbox: Women lawyers at City firm Clifford Chance have been given a £90 lingerie allowance. Now, as you can well imagine, I […]
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Perks / Fringe Benefits
Reversed Perk Watch: Soda Subsidy Slashed at Foley & Lardner
First they came for the Kleenex. Then they came for the coffee. All around the country, law firms large and small are cutting costs by revoking perks. Today we heard from an unhappy camper — perhaps deprived of their customary caffeine? — at Foley & Lardner: I can handle them taking away the Christmas party […] -
Health Care / Medicine, Insurance, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Reversed Perk Watch: McDermott Will & Emery Scales Back on Benefits
It has been a tough two weeks for employees at McDermott Will & Emery. First the firm cut the salaries of summer associates. Then MWE fired 72 people. Today, word came down to all associates and non-attorney personnel that the firm is also cutting benefits. A firm-wide memo explained: The Firm has evaluated its employee […] -
Boutique Law Firms, Exercise, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Weirdness
OMG. Law Firm in Memphis Offers Yoga.
Not all firms are cutting back on the perks. The Memphis Commercial Appeal has an enthused article today about the perks to be had at the small Tennessee firm of Burch, Porter & Johnson. The article, “Legal firm helps its employees find essential balance,” talks about the firm’s AMAZING perks: Something refreshing for body and […] -
Health Care / Medicine, Insurance, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Reversed Perk Watch: Kirkland Claws Back Health Care Costs
Law firms are dealing with the Great Recession in many different ways. As we’ve chronicled in these pages, layoffs and salary cuts are commonplace, practically clichéd. Some firms are cutting costs more creatively. From a source at Kirkland & Ellis: We just got a memo from K&E about a massive increase in our health care […] -
Billable Hours, Money, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Fried Frank Promotes Renewed Emphasis on Billing Policies (And cuts back on some perks.)
As many of you know, part of the problem firms are facing during these challenging times is that clients won’t pay their bills. Lawyers can’t get paid unless clients pay. Whether or not clients are willing or able to pay, it certainly won’t happen unless they are billed. Hence, as most associates already know, the […] -
Perks / Fringe Benefits
SmallLaw Reversed Perk Watch: Don't cry over the Kleenex
We’ve been providing extensive coverage of the economic troubles of Biglaw. But what about smaller firms in smaller markets? An ATL reader from a 35-attorney firm in St. Paul, Minnesota wrote to us about perk cuts in SmallLaw: As of December, my firm no longer provides Kleenex. So now, when I am crying my bitter […] -
Perks / Fringe Benefits, Technology
Biglaw Reversed Perk Watch: No More Tech Stipend at Weil
For Biglaw technophiles, one of the nicest firm perks is the technology stipend: a couple of thousand dollars to lavish on a new shiny toy. With the BlackBerry Curve 8900 debuting to rave reviews, and rumors in the tech world of a new iPhone on the horizon, there are lots of toys to get worked […]