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ABA’s Loan Relief Proposal for Law Graduates Rejected by Congress

Despite recent efforts from the American Bar Association to help recent law school graduates defer their student loans, neither the Obama administration nor Congress have gone along with the ABA’s…

Ulmer & Berne named the “Go-To Law Firm for 2010” by Fortune 500 Companies

Ulmer & Berne LLP announced today that the firm has been selected for the fourth year in a row by in-house counsel at Fortune 500 companies and the publishers of…

Mayer Brown Bonuses Match Cravath

Mayer Brown Bonuses Match Cravath

Mayer Brownassociates got the news on Christmas Eve – the firm is matching the Cravath bonus scale. $7500 for first years, $30k for senior associates and the same sliding scale…

Morning Roundup

Morning Roundup

Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, December 28, and here’s a look back at the news from last week. Kirkland & Ellis paid out bonuses… Newly released records detail Rothstein’s…

Associate Bonuses Announced at Kirkland & Ellis

Associate Bonuses Announced at Kirkland & Ellis

Kirkland & Ellis is wildly popular with its associates most of the time but things may have changed a bit this year. Associates received their bonuses this week. No standardized…

Records Show Rothstein’s Law Firm Gave More than $6 Million to Non-profits Last Year

Records Show Rothstein’s Law Firm Gave More than $6 Million to Non-profits Last Year

According to financial records made public late Tuesday, the law firm of accused financial swindler Scott Rothstein gave a whopping $6.06 million to non-profit groups and other foundations last year.…

Cravath Confirms: No Partners to be Named in 2009

Cravath Confirms: No Partners to be Named in 2009

Making partner at a big New York firm has been a possibility for only the shining stars of the legal profession. In this recession, however, the chances of becoming partner…

Massive Defection at Dickstein Shapiro

Massive Defection at Dickstein Shapiro

Sources are reporting that anywhere from 12 to 15 lawyers are moving from Dickstein Shapiro to the neighboring office of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, including the managing partner of…

Federal Court Slams Microsoft, Bans Sale of Word

Federal Court Slams Microsoft, Bans Sale of Word

A Federal Circuit Court has upheld a $290 million patent infringement verdict against Microsoft and kept in place an injunction barring Microsoft from selling current versions of its massively popularWord…

Weil Gotshal Bonuses

Weil Gotshal Bonuses

Weil Gotshal is paying most of its associates on the Sullivan & Cromwell scale – $7500 for the first years up to $33k for the most senior – but some…