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All's Too Quiet on West Coast Bonus Front
Weeks after top New York firms started announcing lavish bonuses on top of the usual year-end handouts, California's firms have made no moves -- except one. Quinn Emanuel is keeping up with the bonuses, just as it matched New York increases to associate salaries this year. "We've taken a position: equal pay for equal work," says partner William Urquhart, whose firm is promising to top the New York special bonuses by $5,000. Other West Coast firms may be balancing bragging rights against the bottom line.