Industry Death Watch » Not sure if this is bad news http://industrydeathwatch.com .... all the bad news that is fit to print. Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:36:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Lawyers Paid Not to Show Up http://industrydeathwatch.com/2009/05/18/lawyers-paid-not-to-show-up/ http://industrydeathwatch.com/2009/05/18/lawyers-paid-not-to-show-up/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 03:12:50 +0000 Big Daddy http://industrydeathwatch.com/?p=24 Time Magazine has an article about how certain law firms are paying new hires fresh from law school not to show up. Man why were things not this sweet when I was graduating?
However, as crazy as it sounds, this may make sense. There are all other costs that are factored in to bringing people on board other than just a paycheck, and they may loose a lot by rescinding these offers (candidates at the top of their class may be this generations Wachtall or Skadden or Paul Simon). Still… crazy

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