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Holiday Roundup

Holiday Roundup

Good morning everyone. Today is Wednesday, December 23. We’ll be taking a break for a few days to celebrate Christmas so this is your last roundup until Monday… UC Irvine…

UC Irvine School of Law Announces Scholarships for Class of 2013

UC Irvine School of Law Announces Scholarships for Class of 2013

UC Irvine, School of Law announced on Monday that next year’s incoming class will, for all three years, receive a scholarship worth fifty percent of their tuition. Funded by private…

Quinn Emanuel Bonuses

Quinn Emanuel Bonuses

Quin Emanuel is making its naughty and nice list. Those who were naughty are getting a lump of coal, and those that were nice are getting a bonus – in…

Wachtel Lipton Bonuses

Wachtel Lipton Bonuses

Wachtel Lipton pays bonuses as a percentage of base salary, with some variance in percentage based on year. Two years ago, associates received a bonus of around 100% base salary,…

HBJ Gateley Wareing Buys Out Small Firm

HBJ Gateley Wareing Buys Out Small Firm

UK firm HBJ Gateley Wareing has bought out Olivers WS. Olivers, with offices in Edinburgh and Hawick, is a specialized practice composed of 4 solicitors and staff dealing with residential…

Obama Signs Anti-Arbitration Law

Obama Signs Anti-Arbitration Law

Under a new defense spending bill signed by President Obama, military contractors will no longer be able to require employees to settle a broad range of disputes with the company…

Salary Thaw and Bonuses at Hogan & Hartson

Salary Thaw and Bonuses at Hogan & Hartson

First a little background: Hogan & Hartson pays associates on a two tier system, where associates can choose to receive higher base salary but with a higher billable hours requirement,…

Partial Salary Thaw at Fulbright

Partial Salary Thaw at Fulbright

2009 salaries and bonuses at Fulbright have been frozen at the 2008 level. According to tipsters in the Washington DC office, however, Fulbright has decided to advance everyone one level…

Roman Polanski Loses Appeal in California

Roman Polanski Loses Appeal in California

Lawyers for the once fugitive and recently apprehended film director Roman Polanski argued before the California Court of Appeal that the lower court erred in throwing out Polanski’s case last…

Salary Thaw at Akin Gump

Salary Thaw at Akin Gump

Akin Gump has lifted its salary freeze and is planning to pay out bonuses, according to a memo sent out by firm chairman, Bruce McLean. Of course, that’s based on…