This Sony Bravia is my pick for best TV for the money – and it’s on sale for up to 38% off
Adam Breeden/ZDNET What’s the deal? Multiple models of the Sony Bravia X90L are on sale at Amazon. The 55-inch display received a 25% discount, bringing it down to $898. On…
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Biglaw Firm Dismays Associates With Increased Hours Requirement For Full Bonus
Biglaw bonus announcement should be unambiguously good news. Extra cash for a job well done. What’s not to like? Well, the powers that be at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati…
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Three CES 2025 products I’d buy as soon as they’d take my money
Kerry Wan/ZDNET While this year was only my fourth time at CES, you don’t need to physically be in Vegas to know just how much vaporware floods the show floor. …
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How you can help the incarcerated firefighters battling L.A. wildfires
In any given year, up to 30% of the state’s wildfire-fighting force earns as little as $26.90 for a 24-hour shift. That’s because they’re prisoners in the California Department of…
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US Supreme Court refuses to halt Trump sentencing in hush money case – JURIST
The US Supreme Court refused to halt president-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush-money criminal case by a 5-4 vote Thursday. The court reasoned that the likely sentence of an…
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Your Money Or Your Rights – See Also
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Massachusetts Enacts New Money Transmission Act
On 2 January 2025, Massachusetts went from being one of the least regulated states for money transmission to becoming one of the more highly regulated states. Formerly, only entities engaging…
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Top 25 Biglaw Firm Announces Milbank Match – But Only For Associates In Major Market Offices
Biglaw firms continue to spread the wealth to associates across the country after a successful financial year by announcing matches of Milbank’s generous year-end and special bonuses. The latest law firm to…
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Baker Botts Baked Bogus Baseline In Bonus Announcement
Bit of bonus announcement irony: when we used Baker Botts as an example of the type of bonus standard that Arnold & Porter should have lived up to, the comparison…
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‘The Damage Has Already Been Done’: Top Firms May Struggle To Recover From Special Bonus Snubs
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. When you consider the amount of money saved versus the amount of bad press you get and the general…
Read More » This Sony Bravia is my pick for best TV for the money – and it’s still on sale for up to 25% off
Adam Breeden/ZDNET What’s the deal? The Sony Bravia X90L is on sale at both Amazon and Best Buy with the 55-inch model starting at $998, or 17% off. The steepest discount…
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Far right and far out: Extremists have a long history in Southern California
It’s a white supremacist group calling itself RAM — a swaggering, belligerent acronym for the Rise Again Movement that to all appearances is a cluster of melanin–obsessed men dedicated to…
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This Top 50 Biglaw Firm Is Offering Associates Bonuses On Top Of Bonuses On Top Of Bonuses
Biglaw firms have been announcing bonus matches left and right since earlier this month, so associates at top firms that have been silent on year-end compensation thus far are getting…
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The IRS might be dropping $1,400 into your stocking this year
Everyone’s favorite Christmas gift giver, the Internal Revenue Service, has announced that it will be doling out more than $2 billion in checks to Americans this month as part of…
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Partners Know What They’re Worth, So Biglaw Better Have Their Money
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. You have to have the financial strength to pay people what they’re worth in the market. — Frank Lopez,…
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Lincoln Riley says money is a factor in USC’s transfer-portal losses, for multiple reasons – Orange County Register
USC’s head coach went deep into the changing realities of college football after Wednesday’s practice, discussing how the program has navigated paying players similar to a salary cap. Subscribe to…
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Lincoln Riley says money is a factor in USC’s transfer-portal losses, for multiple reasons – Press Enterprise
USC’s head coach went deep into the changing realities of college football after Wednesday’s practice, discussing how the program has navigated paying players similar to a salary cap. Subscribe to…
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Biglaw Firm Matches The Market On Bonuses! You’ll Just Have To Wait A Bit
You know why you clicked on the article. We’re here to tell you about bonuses! Orrick made humpday worthwhile by announcing they’ll be putting a little extra in their associates’…
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NY Judge Tosses Trump’s Motion To Dismiss Hush Money Case On Grounds Of SCOTUS SAYS I CAN DO CRIMES
Todd Blanche and Donald Trump (Photo by Brendan McDermid-Pool/Getty Images) Yesterday Justice Juan Merchan tossed Trump’s motion to dismiss his New York criminal convictions on grounds of presidential immunity. Perhaps…
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Ex-wife accused of hiring hitman to kill SoCal doctor for the money
The ex-wife of a Woodland Hills doctor — who a few months ago wept at his memorial — hired a hitman to ambush and murder him for financial gain, prosecutors…
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