Morning News Roundup for Tuesday

This morning’s top news:

The Project for Attorney Retention is suggesting to struggling law firms that they cut associate hours rather than laying off lawyers completely…

According to the Department of Labor, the legal services industry in the United States shed some 7,000 jobs in 2008…

Burr & Forman, a law firm with offices throughout the Southeast, has merged with the central Florida firm of Graham, Builder, Jones, Pratt & Marks…

Looking for a recession-proof area of practice? The business of pornography grinds on even in lean times, and its purveyors need lawyers just as do any businesses…

Joseph Band, a lawyer with the US Marshals Service, enlisted deputy marshals to ferry him and others, including Fox Sports broadcasters, to and from sporting events in government vehicles…