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23 Long Island School Districts Count Private Lawyers as Employees

Nearly two dozen school districts on Long Island improperly reported private attorneys as employees, helping them earn public pensions totaling more than $342,082 a year, Newsday reported today. The paper brought to light the issue of independent contractors being treated as employees who could obtain public benefits when it questioned…

Mar 28, 2008 8:11 PM CDT

BigLaw ‘Ghetto’? Former Staff Attorney Raps Covington’s D.C. Office

A former staff attorney at Covington & Burling’s office in Washington, D.C., contends that the law firm is improving its diversity profile by hiring black lawyers for low-level “ghetto” positions. And, if that’s true, the Wall Street Journal Law Blog suggests, Covington may not be the only BigLaw firm to…

Mar 18, 2008 5:30 PM CDT

No Associates at This Law Firm, Just Consultants

A Canadian law firm says it has never has a problem with associates over billable hours requirements. That’s because it has no associates. Instead, Thackray Burgess has “consultants” who hire desk space from the 34-attorney business firm at a cost of $800 per month, and do as much or as…

Mar 10, 2008 3:14 PM CDT

Fewer Law Firm Options for New Grads?

Some say they couldn’t find law firm jobs. Others say they didn’t want to. But the bottom line for a small fraction of the nation’s newly minted law school graduates is a nontraditional business job that has only a peripheral connection, at best, to practicing law, reports the Recorder (sub.…

Feb 4, 2008 8:25 PM CST

McDermott’s Assoc. Tiers Twist: The B Team

Another major law firm is planning to institute a two-tiered system for associate attorneys. But it is taking a different approach from what some other avant-garde law shops are doing. Instead of giving current partnership-track associates a choice between working more hours for more pay or taking a kinder, gentler…

Nov 1, 2007 6:35 PM CDT

Bingham Offers Associate Buyouts

Bingham McCutchen is paying buyouts to several associates at its San Francisco office,reportedly in response to a slowdown in commercial litigation. Four associates left the firm and three others transferred to part-time, contract attorney status, the Recorder reports. The move comes as the Boston-based firm raised associate pay to $160,000…

Jun 6, 2007 12:32 PM CDT

23 Long Island School Districts Count Private Lawyers as Employees

BigLaw ‘Ghetto’? Former Staff Attorney Raps Covington’s D.C. Office

No Associates at This Law Firm, Just Consultants

Fewer Law Firm Options for New Grads?

McDermott’s Assoc. Tiers Twist: The B Team

Bingham Offers Associate Buyouts

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