Alston & Bird is changing the way it computes overtime for its secretaries. Up until now, Alston & Bird has paid overtime starting at 37.5 hours per week, slightly more…
Above the Law hears about all the best nonsense first. For instance, K&L Gates associates have not yet heard about 2008 bonuses or 2009 raises. After all, who’d want to…
What’s left of San Francisco’s Heller Ehrman, which dissolved in November, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Former Heller partner Peter Benvenutti said the firm filed not because it is out…
The California Supreme Court has voted unanimously not to review Sturgeon v. County of Los Angeles, which means judges in the nation’s largest county may lose up to $50,000 a year in…
Los Angeles-based Latham & Watkins is freezing 2009 salaries at 2008 levels. While we anticipate that the diversity of our practices and global reach will serve us well in the year…
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