Orrick Abandons Lock-step Compensation for Associates
San Francisco's Orrick, which laid off 300 employees in March, is abandoning lock-step compensation for associates. Under a lock-step scheme,…
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Ladas & Parry Brings on Partners from Schweitzer Cornman
Ladas & Parry has hired Michael Cornman, Jay Bondell, and Meyer Gross, all former partners at New York intellectual property…
Nixon Peabody Slashes Salaries
Nixon Peabody, which laid off 20 attorneys and 36 staff in February, is now cutting salaries. All associates, including incoming…
Davis Wright Cuts Associate Salaries
Sources on the blawgosphere report that Seattle's Davis Wright Tremaine has cut associate salaries by 5%. The cut affects all…
Update: Hogan & Hartson Reduces Pay for Certain First-Year Associates
Yesterday Hogan & Hartson laid off 93 US support staff. Today we learn more about changes in compensation for associates…
Berman DeValerio Seeking Associates
Berman DeValerio's San Francisco office seeks to add two junior or senior associates to the 10-lawyer office. The associates should…
More Firms Adopting Merit-Based Pay for Associates
Many law firms are using the economic meltdown as an excuse to end seniority-based pay for associates, adopting "merit-based" systems…
Associates Have to Make Do With Fewer Staffers
Layoffs of legal support staffers have pushed the staffing ratios at some law firms to one support staffer for every…
Irell & Manella Announces Salary Increases
Southern California's Irell & Manella, an intellectual property litigation and general business litigation firm, has announced pay raises for its…
Update: Thompson Hine Cuts Positions, Pay
Cleveland's Thompson Hine will impose an across-the-board $17,500 base salary reduction on associates and other non-partner lawyers. Those lawyers will…
Adorno & Yoss Atlanta Hires 8 Partners, 5 Associates
Adorno & Yoss is expanding its Atlanta office at a time when many national firms are instituting hiring freezes or…
Japan Goes Ninja on Unregistered Foreign Associates
Japan's Federation of Bar Associations (Nihon Bengoshi Rengokai) has shaken up the island nation's international legal community by declaring that…