Fish & Richardson announced beginning in April it will offer $115,000 bonuses to clerks who have completed two years at the federal circuit (or a combination of one year at the federal circuit and one year at a federal district court). Clerks with 18 months at the federal circuit will receive a $105,000 bonus, and those with one year will receive a $100,000 bonus, said the firm. Clerks from federal district courts will receive $50,000 bonuses.

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