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DLA Piper Layoffs Attributed to Dubai Crisis

DLA Piper is laying off 7 attorneys and 10 staff in the Middle East in the wake of the Dubai…

Voluntary Deferral Extension at Mayer Brown

The incoming class of associates at Mayer Brown is scheduled to begin work in January after being deferred back in…

Adams & Reese Take Over Two Offices in Florida

New Orleans firm Adams & Reeseadded their 11th and 12th offices this week by taking over Ruden McClosky's offices in…

Is There a New Standard for Bonuses?

Up until this week, the scale for bonuses seemed pretty set in stone with every firm falling in lockstep with…

Friday Roundup

Hello everyone! Thanks to a minor electrical problem this isn't so much a morning roundup as an early afternoon one.…

Pepe & Hazard in Merger Talks

The Connecticut Law Tribune is reporting that Hartford's Pepe & Hazard has begun merger talks with McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney and…

White House Party Crashers Retain Dewey & LeBoeuf

Michaele and Tareq Salahi, the couple that garnered national attention for showing up to dinner without an invitation at last…

2010 Steel Cage Match: Corporate Clients vs BigLaw

I have a mental image of two giants staring each other down inside a locked steel cage before charging at…

Orrick Moves Away From Lockstep

Orrick presented its new compensation plan to its associates today, and there was much rejoicing. Unlike many firms that cut…

Morning Roundup

Good morning everyone! It's Thursday December 3 and this is your morning review. The New York Senate has rejected a…

New York Senate Rejects Same Sex Marriage

The New York Assembly keeps passing it, and the Senate keeps rejecting it. The vote was expected to be close…

More Bonus News – And it’s a Little Different

Two more firms have announced their bonus schedules and they're a bit different from the Cravath scale. Sullivan & Cromwell…