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Shearman & Sterling Announces Start Dates

In April, New York’s Shearman & Sterling deferred its 2009 associate class. Incoming associates were offered a stipend to defer…

Sonnenschein, which brought on three lawyers from Huron Consulting, has been sued by the Chicago-based firm, claiming the attorneys were…

Clifford Chance, which has been bleeding litigation partners, just lost two more. Securities litigators Joel Cohen and George Schieren will…

Good morning! And Happy Birthday wishes to two attorneys -- John Edwards and Eliot Spitzer, who help prove the old…

McDermott Will & Emery, which recently laid off 25 associates and 47 staff and cut pay, is now cutting health…

Two senior partners at Edinburgh law firm Tods Murray have quit to join crosstown rival Anderson Strathern. John Biggar, a…

DLA Piper is both bringing on new partners, and letting others go. Five partners have left the firm in the…

Davis Polk, home of stealth layoffs, will permanently close its office in Frankfurt, Germany in August. The office's long-time resident…

State budget cuts are forcing Florida's Court Clerks to cut at least 259 staff. The Broward County Clerk of Courts…

Good morning! Here are the top stories: Shipman & Goodwin is deferring three of its eight incoming associates... The US…

Mayer Brown has brought on two attorneys for its Global Projects Group. Robert H. Edwards, Jr. joins from Hunton &…

McKool Smith, which brought on two new partners in March, has now hired five attorneys for its New York office.…