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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Morning Roundup

Good morning everyone! As we wind our way closer to Christmas, we'll continue to bring you what news there is,…

Holland & Knight is the Next to Abandon Lockstep

I think it's time for some new terminology. Lockstep compensation referred in the past to associates moving up in pay…

Kelley Drye Trifecta – Abandon Lockstep, Freeze Salaries, Pay Bonuses

In a firm wide email sent out yesterday, Kelley Drye managed to fold what would typically be three different stories…

Ninth Circuit Approves Limited TV Coverage of Federal Trials

The 9th Circuit has approved limited television coverage of some federal trials within the circuit. Criminal trials and jury trials…

Secret Bonuses

Over the last two days word has been trickling in about the bonuses at Sidley Austin and today we starting…

Stroock Pays Bonuses, Lifts Salary Freeze

Stroock is handing out bonuses this year, and like so many before them, they're paying on the Cravath schedule. That…