Facebook now owns virtual reality startup Oculus VR, after closing the $2bn acquisition, which was announced by the two companies in March. The social network is paying $400m in cash plus 23.1m Facebook shares for the maker of the Oculus Rift headset, with a further $300m in incentives if it hits certain milestones in the future.
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1 Of Counsel is an excellent safety net for very good attorneys who are not yet ready to be partner at a major, major law firm, or who will never be. 2  A law firm like Skadden may pay an of counsel attorney $375,000 a year and bill the same attorney out at $750 an hour.n order to maintain the position of equity partner, an attorney generally needs to consistently have work to do and keep associates and others beneath them busy. Equity partners are traditionally evaluated based on their contribution to the firmâbut can be evaluated on a variety of other factors as well.