I’ve noticed a lot of lateral movement in patent litigation lately. Just today there was a big move from Winston to King & Spalding, and more recently moves from Latham to Cleary, among others. What’s interesting is that many of these moves seem to be down the Vault rankings.

Does this suggest that lower-ranked firms are paying up to build patent lit practices? Or is patent litigation slowly being pushed out of the traditional top-Vault BigLaw model?

Hi All, Anyone moved from GBS to CIO BU ?
If yes, what is the advantages and disadvantages for this.

Will there be any bonus announcement with regards to Gratitude week similar to what was announced last year as April Bonus? Any chatter around this people.

Has anyone worked in Korea? How was the transition and how did you get there? Pros and cons?

How are my Koreans/KAs doing todayy

Any Korean / Korean-American management consultants in NYC that would be down to meet up?

Does anyone think it’s out of the question to ask for a 20% pay increase without a promotion? My duties on our team are closer to Director-level and no other Senior PM is managing half of what I am, so I feel like I should be compensated fairly.

Someone bring me back down to earth if I’m asking too much

Best restaurant you’ve been to in Charlotte? Looking for an experience!

Leaving after one year to another biglaw firm?

Hello IBM folks,
Can someone share the recent trends in GDP and PA distribution for the previous year?

Is it still 10-20% of the eligible bracket? OR it has improved from the past ?

Anyone from VMware.urgent please

What investment shops are hiring in Austin?

I am an experienced CNA/MA (17yrs) trying to break into ER tech role. Previous company wouldn’t pay for phlebotomy class, and when I took a position with a company that would train me, there was so much drama and b.s.
I was out of there so fast because of the toxic environment. Should I just forget it and do my best to finish my RN?

Any insights/opinions on living in Toluca Lake?

Hi! Anyone know of affordable “high rise” apartment complexes in weho? (<$2,500 per month). I don’t mind a more dated complex. Thanks!!!

Was anyone else incredibly disappointed with the Hollywood boardwalk when you first came? I didn't even know 99% of the folks there

Anyone interested in a live talk for this bowl and talk about interesting things people are working on?

Is it good to work for BNY but the Payroll offered by Experis India (Manpower Group)?? Third party payroll.

Hi! Anyone willing to refer me to OFRO at PwC? TIA!

M&A associates: is it normal for first years to have only same-day tasks? I have not been given a task that wasn’t due either ASAP or by that night in weeks. If this is the norm, do you recommend any other (more predictable) transactional practice groups?

Another Greenberg Traurig post...anyone know what their current WFH policy is?

Any insight on Brewer (either office, generally curious about the firm). I assume comp after year 1 is discretionary, rather than lock-step, given the size of the firm. Would appreciate happiness, horror stories, of whatever “firm culture” falls between the two. DM me if you don’t want to share publicly.

Associates, do you want to be copied on emails to service providers/vendors (like CSC, CT, etc)? My thought is you get a billion emails everyday and don’t need more, but maybe I’m wrong?

Boston biglaw associates, do you pay for monthly parking and drive into the office? Or do you still ride the T?

Leaving after one year to another biglaw firm?

Best recruiters for moving in-house?

Best NY firms for capital markets that's not just a UW-side sweatshop? Bonus points if anyone has heard or remotely thought that the group was actually nice-ish/collegial-ish.

I recently lateraled into Big Law. Most of my colleagues are homegrown. My shift did involve a big change in practice area, and there's work that I haven't done before that I now have to do.

But, sometimes I feel stupid here, even for work which I have done previously. It's like I'm unable to understand instructions the first time around. And I have seen my colleagues getting annoyed by that. It's like I've become dumb. In my defence, I could say they're giving half assed instructions.

How long did your longest matter last? I imagine litigators take the cake here but curious about deals as well.

Explain to me like I’m 5. Why does the monthly billable hours goal on things like Intellistat change month to month. I’m not hitting hours this year. Last month goal was 158. This months goal is 180.

Does anyone know 4th year salary at Jackson Lewis in Southern California

Taking an informal survey how many firms (I) have the junior and midlevel summer associates plan the bulk of the summer events (lunches but also evening events) and (ii) count time spent on the summer program as qualified billable work (in that partners see how much you bill to it on your time sheet)?

Curious — do people consider billing 200ish hours a month a lot still or is that almost standard now?

Thoughts on K&L Gates corporate department?

Anyone else absolutely *loathe* being assigned new client matters at the end of the month when you know your billable time won’t count bc conflicts haven’t cleared yet? Just me?

How do people focus in the office? I'm a first year and I've been mostly wfh since I started and I'm super productive at home - my setup is comfortable, I rarely get interrupted, and I feel like I can stay really focused in my home office.

Our SAs started today, so the firm is making us come in more often. My office set up is so awkward, screens are too small, and I'm constantly getting interrupted. Not to mention the extra time it took to get ready and commute. How do people do this?

My entire worldview/outlook on my career and what I want has changed since covid happened. Can someone explain what being “of counsel” is like at larger law firms - are they independent contractors? Make their own hours? How do you get a gig like that? I don’t think I want to be a partner anymore.

Is it true that there’s a lot of 2-4 year lateraling in January?

If you do billable work on a given PTO/vacation day, do you still count that day as vacation? Or do you get that vacation day "back"? Or do you only get the part that you billed "back"? (Or some other option.)