Lowenstein Sandler

First- through third-year associates at the firm will be paid on the Cravath scale, while compensation for midlevel and senior associates will remain a black-box system.

Layoffs continue among even the most successful Biglaw firms.

Associates don't seem happy.

The office of the future be a 'true destination' in the 'next normal' of the legal profession.

Will your law firm be requiring vaccinations too?

Beaucoup bucks for associates!

This plan will be a hit because employees are being gently eased back into office life.

Congratulations are in order for everyone at this firm!

It's good news!

Plus, the hot practice areas of the pandemic.

We now have 70+ statements from Biglaw on racial injustice. Will this pressure other firms to do something? We sure hope so.

Hopefully the firm won't have to cut anyone else's salaries.

Another firm signals that it's serious about attracting New York talent.

Given the White House's vetting process and the public nature of the claims, this was a known issue before the nomination.

This memo isn't entirely transparent, but people are making some amount more than they used to at this firm.

Biglaw firms don't necessarily offer staff the same benefits as attorneys. Kudos to those that do.

What has your firm done to speak out against hate?

* Are conservative partners giving smaller bonuses to female associates? Per the results of a recent study, political ideology impacts how partners allocate discretionary income to associates based on gender. If you thought this couldn’t happen in Biglaw since bonuses are largely lockstep by class year, think again. The firm studied has 1,000+ lawyers. We’ll have more on this later. [Am Law Daily]

* “We’ve got one of the country’s finest jurists, who I happened to have nominated to the Supreme Court and who’s going to continue to serve our country with distinction as the chief judge on the D.C. circuit, Merrick Garland is here.” President Obama hasn’t withdrawn his SCOTUS nomination, but his White House Hanukkah party introduction of the jurist indicates he’s all but given up on Garland’s confirmation. [Washington Post]

* “Just because you didn’t go to law school doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have more time to bond with a new child.” Lowenstein Sandler has adopted a gender-neutral family leave policy that’s being offered to all of the firm’s employees — not just its lawyers. Congrats to the firm on taking an important leap towards parental equality. [Big Law Business]

* According to the latest ABA data, first-year law school enrollment has increased for the first time since 2010. Don’t get too excited over this news, because only 36 more 1Ls were enrolled in law school in 2016 compared to 2015, and one of the schools with the largest enrollment increase (Indiana Tech) is closing for good. [National Law Journal]

* “Once again, public schools have decided that their commitment to diversity does not extend to Christians.” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is going to war over a religious Charlie Brown Christmas poster that was banned from a local middle school. AG Paxton has filed suit, but some say he did so as a distraction from his own indictment. [Reuters]

These raises are awfully vague... and not happening until September.

* Are Harvard Law professors chilling the reporting of sexual assault on campus? [Huffington Post]

* Amal Clooney launches a scholarship to educate Lebanese women. [Los Angeles Times]

* Justices Scalia and Thomas just plain wrong on gun regulations. [The Atlantic]

* Baltimore reacts to the hung jury in the Freddie Gray case. [The Root]

* You know those late-night commercials for LifeLock, designed to convince elderly people to buy their product lest their identity be stolen? Yeah, the FTC announced the identity theft company would be paying $100 million to settle charges that it didn’t secure its customers’ info and misrepresented the strength of its product. [Washington Post]

* A motion for summary judgment has been filed in the case against Alan Dershowitz for defamation. [Palm Beach Daily News]

* Lowenstein Sandler Chair Gary Wingens comes out in favor of two-year law schools. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]