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Next week, Law360 Pulse will publish three separate compensation reports for law firms, general counsel and — new this year — in-house attorneys. Find out what your colleagues are making across the legal industry and what motivates their career choices. 

Mayer Brown LLP and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP joined a chorus of other BigLaw firms in doling out extra cash for associates, matching the year-end and special bonuses set by Milbank LLP, according to media reports. https://lnkd.in/e5BzPaP2

Texas District Court Judge Julie Kocurek, who recently received the William H. Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence, has been a fierce advocate for judicial security after she was shot by a defendant who had appeared before her. https://lnkd.in/e4dNHB_T

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced that it promoted 18 attorneys to partner for the start of 2025, with a majority of them operating in the financial and restructuring sectors. https://lnkd.in/ec4Tugt4

Donald Trump's next labor secretary will face the task of bringing the U.S. Department of Labor more in line with the new administration's approach toward wage and hour issues, a job that will likely involve updating enforcement and guidance. https://lnkd.in/eUxWr_WN

Mayer Brown LLP and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP joined a chorus of other BigLaw firms in doling out extra cash for associates, matching the year-end and special bonuses set by Milbank LLP, according to media reports. https://lnkd.in/e5BzPaP2

Trump put forward his pick to run the Labor Department, and the Wage & Hour Division announced partnerships to boost child labor enforcement and issued promising data on workers' rights. Law360 looks at recent wage and hour developments involving the DOL. https://lnkd.in/ewpFf76V

The Ninth Circuit has a chance to interpret the high court's landmark Groff decision in an actor's religious bias suit over a vaccine mandate. Law360 looks at this and other argument sessions employment discrimination attorneys should watch in December. https://lnkd.in/ei77A3mA

Republicans will likely seek to cut IRS funding when they take control of the House, Senate and White House next year, threatening to roll back the gains in staffing, enforcement and technology the agency has made since it received a funding boost in 2022. https://lnkd.in/efcJJDbz

The SEC is relieving broker-dealers who quote unlisted stocks from increased information-gathering requirements that would have also applied to many fixed-income securities, a development attorneys say will prove welcome for debt issuers. https://lnkd.in/eAK--NKk