Wake Up Call: Quinn Emanuel Hikes Clerks’ Bonuses, and Other News

• Los Angeles-based litigation firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has hiked signing bonuses it pays to law clerks this year, according to the firm’s recent letter to federal appeals court clerks. (National Law Journal)

• A defendant can’t head off a class action by merely offering to pay named plaintiffs in full, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a rare win for class-action plaintiffs that nevertheless does not bar other possible defense tactics to achieve the same aim. (The Recorder)

• A top senator has asked the Internal Revenue Service to explain why it wiped a former transfer pricing ...