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Morning Roundup

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

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Morning Roundup

Good morning everyone! Today is Wednesday, March 3, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s news… Revenue is down at Winston & Strawn… DLA Piper forms an alliance with a Brazilian law firm… Former Arnold & Porter chairman Michael Sohn joins Davis Polk… A former secretary sues Drinker Biddle over a pay dispute… Ex Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo hires [...]

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Firms Tighten up in Partnership Promotions

Monday, November 30, 2009

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Firms Tighten up in Partnership Promotions

In a year that has been notable for salary cuts, layoffs, associate deferrals and smaller bonuses, it should come as no surprise that promotions to partner are also down across the board. Profits are down, and firms are reluctant to increase the number of slices of the shrinking pie. Although not every firm [...]

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Morning Roundup

Friday, November 27, 2009

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Morning Roundup

Good morning one and all! It’s Friday, November 27, and now that the triptophan has hopefully worn off, here’s a look at wednesday’s headlines. Scott Rothstein has been officialy disbarred… Debevoise & Plimpton announced their bonus schedules… And so did Davis Polk… and in Switzerland, film director Roman Polanski has been granted bail…

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More Bonuses

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

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More Bonuses

-Insert cookie cutter story here- Debevoise & Plimpton announced bonuses today. Second verse, same as the first… I’m rapidly running out of new and creative ways to say this, so here it is – it’s the same bonus schedule first issued by Cravath, then followed by Cleary Gottlieb, Skadden, Wilkie Farr, Simpson Thatcher, and Davis [...]

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