Wake Up Call: Orrick One-Ups Davis Polk’s Bonus Scale

In today’s column, some big global firms have made recent lateral hires in Hong Kong, attracted by the city’s hot IPO market; a new claim in a Florida lawsuit accuses LexisNexis of helping Squire Patton Boggs inflate fees; an Irish law firm had to apologize to employees after an IT security team sent out a test phishing email telling them they’d been exposed to Covid.

• Leading off, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe told associates Thursday they’ll get special bonuses this year totaling as much as the Davis Polk scale $64,000 and varying by seniority. Associates are required to log at least ...