Rounded Up: Biglaw and Turducken

Billing rates increased in 2009, but barely. [The NLJ]

Mayer Brown asks a handful of would-be first year associates to "voluntarily" defer to October 2010. [ATL]

California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman is set to testify in the EBay/Craigslist matter. [WSJ, sub. req.]

McDermott Will & Emery has announced their 2010 partner promotions. [LA Legal Pad]

Attorney General Jerry Brown fires his clients, the Orange County fair board. [Calitics]

Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski's "turducken" dissent makes its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. [Sidebar]

— Cynthia Foster