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Firm Watch

Dec. 21, 2007

O’Melveny’s Below-Market Bonus Disappoints Associates

A bonus announcement from Los Angeles-based firm O'Melveny & Myers has caused much dismay among associates in the firm's California and Washington, D.C., offices because the standard bonuses remain unchanged from last year and are well below what is considered "market."

By Maya Meinert
and Rebecca U. Cho

Daily Journal Staff Writers

      See Correction Below.

      LOS ANGELES - New York firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore's announcement last month of "special" bonuses for its associates spawned a frenzy of comments on legal blogs from associates weighing in from all over the country.
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