Biglaw Firm Steps Up Their Perk Game With Impressive Fertility And Family-Forming Coverage
There's more than one way to become a parent -- and the firm will cover that!
The New Hotness In Biglaw Perks? Peloton.
Will your firm pony up a similar perk?
Why Some Firms Are Leading The Market With Generative AI
A culture of innovation with strategic AI like Lexis+ AI is revolutionizing law firms by boosting efficiency and deepening client relationships.
Take A Tour Of This Biglaw Office — Complete With Swimming Pool, Bar, And Salon
The PERKS at the firm are wow.
ATL March Madness: Which Perk Do You Want From Your Firm?
It's time to start the first round of voting in this year's March Madness competition.
Biglaw Health Insurance Costs: The ATL Survey Results
The results of our reader survey on law firm health insurance plans.
Are Biglaw Health Insurance Premium Increases Really Stealth Pay Cuts?
Take our reader survey on post-Recession changes to law firm health insurance costs.
Your Definitive Resource On Decrypting Crypto, Digital Assets, And Web3
"Decrypting Crypto" is a go-to guide for understanding the technology and tools underlying Web3 and issues raised in the context of specific legal practice areas.
Lawyer Perk Watch: Attorneys Unlikely To Die Horribly At Work!
What job are you most likely to do die in while doing?
Biglaw Perk Watch: Tuition Reimbursement
Want to go to law school for free? Get your employer to pay for it!
Should Egg Freezing Be A Fringe Benefit Offered By Your Firm?
It's a plan for firms to put your family on ice...
Biglaw Perk Watch: Career Coaches
More and more law firms are hiring career coaches for their lawyers. What do career coaches do, and what explains their increasing popularity?
Generative AI Facts And Fallacies
Four insights and misunderstandings to help demystify GenAI for legal professionals.
‘Cravatheteria’ Rebounds — And Other Firm Cafeterias Clean Up Their Acts As Well
Cravath's cafeteria rebounds from a poor showing earlier in the year. And three other firm cafes also improve their scores.
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]
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: Paradise Lost
For a Biglaw partner, is there anything more humiliating than being stripped of a corner office?
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....