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Associates React to Jones Day and Weil Gotshal Salary Raises
Jones Day and Weil, Gotshal & Manges have joined the list of law firms paying California first-year associates $160,000 rather than the $145,000 embraced by most homegrown firms. And now California's associate messageboards are crammed with anonymous young lawyers carping about their firms' failure to match the higher New York scale. But many associates accept the idea that New York and California are distinct markets -- and some would like to keep it that way.
Next Moves for IP Law After SCOTUS First-Sale Ruling
Following the U.S. Supreme Court's Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons ruling, industries that rely on copyright protection, such as book publishers, film and television companies, and software publishers, will begin operating differently.The Layoff List: By the Numbers
Employment shifts at The Am Law 200, Global 100, and Other Firms of NoteThe Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in the Am Law 200
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld raids Haynes and Boone's Dallas office; several former in-house lawyers make the move to private practice; and McGuireWoods gains two in Houston. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to [email protected].In Making Movies, It's All About Control
The art of the deal, Hollywood-style, is often a function of determining the precise relationship between the studios that produce and distribute movies and the talent - actors, writers, directors, producers - that creates them. Recent scuffles over issues such as final-cut approval, have ignited the buzzword concept of "creative control." Like everything else in the film industry, creative control is almost always open to wheeling and dealing.
Gibson Dunn Taps Associate as Its First Pro Bono Director
After seven years as a Los Angeles–based litigation associate, Katherine Marquart has found a way to combine her passion for public interest work with a career at an Am Law 100 firm by becoming Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's first-ever head of pro bono. Marquart spoke with The Am Law Daily this week about what led her to make the move, what she hopes to accomplish in her new post—and what she misses about being a law firm associate.
Yoga Twists Itself Into Copyright Case
Cobra, rabbit and half-tortoise are headed for trial. In a mixed ruling Friday, U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton denied both plaintiff and defendant summary judgment in a dispute over whether a yoga entrepreneur can copyright a sequence of yoga poses. Open Source Yoga Unity had sued Bikram Choudhury after Choudhury sent cease-and-desist letters to yoga studios that he believes were ripping off his intellectual property.Trending Stories
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