SISSY ATL EDITOR REVEALS HIMSELF AS INTERNET TOUGH-GUY / MORON HYBRID, CALLS CAUSE OF WHO PANDEMIC LEVEL PHASE 5 "SPRING FLU," TELLS SICK TO HAVE SODA AND SOUP: "YOU'LL BE FINE."

BIG LAW FIRM PARTNERS MAKE MILLIONS, FIRE THOUSANDS.

and a bonus

ATL SUFFERS TOTAL AMNESIA, SAYS "NOT COOL TO KICK A FIRM WHILE IT'S DOWN"

YET ANOTHER COMMENTER CLAIMS BIGLAW MODEL "BROKEN," OFFERS NO SOLUTIONS.

ATL SERVER UPGRADE TO CIRCA 1991 TECHNOLOGY ACHIEVES UPLOAD SPEEDS NEARING 14.4KBPS; POSTING MAY TAKE SOME LESS THAN ONE MINUTE.

FEMALE EMPLOYEE OF COMPANY THAT PROMOTES SEXUAL PROMISCUITY, DEBAUCHERY FILES LAWSUIT COMPLANIING OF SEXUAL PROMISCUITY, DEBAUCHERY.

LAW FIRM STRATIFICATION CONTINUES; SEYFARTH MOVES SALARY TO EVEN FURTHER BELOW MARKET, TAKES SEAT ON BENCH NEXT TO LATHAM, SHEARMAN.

LAW FIRM *SPINS* OUT OF CONTROL; CALLS REDUCTION OF SALARY TO 2006 LEVELS "INNOVATIVE PAY STRUCTURE" TO "REWARD HIGHEST PERFORMING ASSOCIATES;" IN IRONIC TWIST, ASSOCIATES' BELIEF WOULD PROVE INFERIOR REASONING ABILITY, JUSTIFYING LOWER SALARY.

LEGAL COMMUNITY SUSPECTS THAT ARBITRARY LAW SCHOOL RANKING SCHEME CREATED TO SELL MORE MAGAZINES MAY BE FLAWED, GAMED; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY SUSPECTS THAT EATING PROPERLY AND EXERCISE MAY BE KEY TO WEIGHT LOSS.

NIXON PEABODY NIXIN' EVERYBODY

SOUTER CLOSE TO BEING LEAST UGLY SUPPREME COURT JUSTICE

WORTHLESS DEGREES, DURING RECESSION, REMAIN WORTHLESS.

SUICIDE OF MIDDLE-AGED MALE ATTORNEY DRAWS LAMBASTING FOR SELFISHNESS, SUICIDE OF YOUNG FEMALE ATTORNEY ELICITS NEAR UNANIMOUS SYMPATHY.

394 / 399: I presume that you mean that the K&S lawyer was the one with the family. However, if you read the above instead of just making snarky comments like a jerk, you would know from the Simpson Thacher notice that "the FAMILY [of the deceased associate] requests privacy."

You don't think that the S&T associate might have a mother, father and siblings that will grieve for the rest of their lives? Do you know that the S&T associate did not have any children? Maybe most of the kids in your law school don't have kids yet, but lots of the associates at my firm do.

"One (presumably) has no debt" Are you serious? The older attorney is likely to have WAY more debt (mortgage????) and expenses than the younger one, especially with the family that you assume he has.

Also, your unwarranted personal attacks on me are exactly the type of thoughtlessness and lack of professionalism that plague this site and the practice of the law.

p.s. "After submitting a comment it may take several minutes to appear. Please only submit your comment once."

HERE'S A NEWSFLASH ELIE - YOU SHOULD BE ASKING THE SALARY-REDUCING FIRMS WHETHER AS A DIRECT RESULT (I.E. PROXIMATE CAUSATION) THEY WILL BE REDUCING STANDARD BILLING RATES BY THE SAME PERCENTAGE, AND CALLING OUT B.S. ANSWERS !!

UNDER CONSERVATIVES' NEW DEFINITION OF PROGRESSIVE INCOME TAX AS "SOCIALISM," UNITED STATES HAS BEEN SOCIALIST STATE SINCE 1862.

ORRICK TO GIVE ASSOCIATES "MOAR BAREBACK"

It's insulting how SSD is changing associate compensation in order to meet client's concerns about billing.

What are all these shitbag non-lockstep firms going to do when OCI is a seller's market once again (which admittedly may not be anytime soon)?

"DOUCHIEST" TITLE GOES TO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ATL!

97 = no clue about K&E.

-not 96