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Five of Nine New Partners at WilmerHale are Women

Five of Nine New Partners at WilmerHale are Women

WilmerHale announced its new partnership class this week. Nine associates have been promoted to partner and of those, five are female. Three new partners were promoted in Washington DC and…

FTC Sues Intel

FTC Sues Intel

Apparently someone over that the FTC woke up and realized that for the past two decades, Intelhas held market domination in the computer chip market and has used coercive tactics…

Dewey & LeBoeuf Match Cravath Bonuses

Dewey & LeBoeuf Match Cravath Bonuses

Same song, different singer. Dewey & LeBoeuf will follow the Cravath bonus scale (not the slightly better Sullivan & Cromwell scale). $5-$30k depending on class year. Cravath bonuses were announced…

Simpson & Thatcher Paying Bonuses to Public Interest Deferrals

Simpson & Thatcher Paying Bonuses to Public Interest Deferrals

Simpson & Thatcher deferrals who are doing public interest law while waiting for their new start date will be receiving a prorated bonus from the firm this year. Given that…

Morning Roundup

Morning Roundup

Good morning everyone! It’s Wednesday, December 16, and here’s a quick look at yesterday’s news… Sonnenschein lays off some staff and abandons lockstep compensation…. WilmerHale also ditches lockstep…. Nixon Peabody…

Sonnenschein Abandons Lockstep and Cuts Staff

Sonnenschein Abandons Lockstep and Cuts Staff

There are two unconnected stories coming out of Sonnenschein today. The first is that the firm has made staff cuts 14 days before Christmas. The firm has confirmed the staff…

WilmerHale Ditches Lockstep

WilmerHale Ditches Lockstep

WilmerHale is abandoning lockstep compensation and adopting a merit based three tiered system that should look familiar to anyone that’s read these pages over the past few months. The new…

Last Minute Deferrals at Nixon Peabody

Last Minute Deferrals at Nixon Peabody

Forget for a moment that Christmas is right around the corner, and that Hanukkah has already begun. Nixon Peabody’s associates were supposed to start on January 4th, three weeks from…

Hogan Lovells Merger is on Track

Hogan Lovells Merger is on Track

Last night the partnerships of both Hogan & Hartson and Lovells finished voting on the proposed merger and it has been approved on both sides of the Atlantic. As of…

Morning Roundup

Morning Roundup

Good morning everyone! It’s Tuesday, December 15, and here’s a snapshot of yesterday’s news… Loeb & Loeb is opening in Washington… The Supreme Court will review a government employee’s right…