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Holland & Knight Cuts Compensation

Florida's Holland & Knight is cutting salaries for associates and senior counsel. The firm says the cuts average 7% across…

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Recent laterals and layoffs in the legal sector: James Donato joins Shearman & Sterling's San Francisco office as a partner.…

Ropes & Gray, which in July deferred its 2009 summer associates to “no earlier than January 2011," is offering those…

Shearman & Sterling has hired on three new partners. Antitrust litigator Edward B. Schwartz, formerly a Shearman & Sterling associate,…

DLA Piper is deferring its current summer associates to January 2011 at least, and will offer a voluntary deferral to…

Citigroup, whose "CitiSelect" initiative operates much like a typical Biglaw summer associates program, has canceled the program for 2010, and…

Atlanta’s Morris Manning, which recently canceled its 2010 Summer Associate Program, is slashing salaries based on how much work a…

The University of California has announced a furloughs scheme beginning in September, affecting faculty at law schools, amongst others. The…

Last week, we reported that Fulbright & Jaworski has laid off six associates and four staff at its Los Angeles…

Good morning! Here are the top stories: Last week in law firm layoffs: 18 lawyers, 21 staff, 20 undisclosed... Three…

Three Detroit lawyers have founded Hafeez & Youssef, a new firm to serve the city's Muslim community. Managing Partner Tariq…