Morning News Roundup for Thursday

Good morning! Here are the top stories:

Baker Botts has opened a new office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and is expanding its other two Middle Eastern offices…

The University of Miami School of Law is asking incoming 1L students invited to start in the Fall to defer their entry into the law school until Fall 2010…

Magic Circle law firm Clifford Chance saw average profits per equity partner drop 37% to £733,000 ($1.2 million) in the last fiscal year…

Milwaukee’s Techmeier Law Firm is merging with national personal injury and criminal defense firm The Cochran Firm …

And Atlanta’s Alston & Bird has informed its associates that the firm is reducing all associate salaries by $5,000…