Allen & Overy Hires Singapore Team
Allen & Overy has expanded its presence in Singapore, after hiring all ten lawyers at Venture Law. The move gives…
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Morning News Roundup for Tuesday
Good morning! Here are the top stories: Pittsburgh’s K&L Gates has launched an office in Dubai... London’s Barlow Lyde &…
Governator May Eliminate State Funding for Hastings Law School
California's Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed cutting almost all state funding for the Hastings College of the Law, California's…
Rumor: Ballard Spahr Cuts Associate Salaries
A rumor making the rounds in blogs today is that last week, Philadelphia's Ballard Spahr cut associate salaries. The average…
Saul Ewing Hires Buchanan Ingersoll Team
A group of seven attorneys, including three partners, from Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney will join the Wilmington, Delaware office of…
New York Law Firms Slash Summer Classes
The New York Law Journal has published its annual survey of summer class sizes at New York Biglaw firms. Latham…
Morning News Roundup for Monday
Good morning! Here are the top stories: Herbert Smith has ended a redundancy consultation without firing anyone, after 84 staff…
Snell & Wilmer Lays Off Up to 40 Staffers [Update 2]
Snell & Wilmer has laid off between 30 and 40 staff members, most at its Phoenix, Arizona headquarters. A more…
Herbert Smith Avoids Involuntary Redundancies
Herbert Smith, which announced in April a redundancy consultation at its London HQ, targeting 84 positions, will not need to…
The Week in Law Firm Layoffs
This week in law firm layoffs: LG: 12 lawyers Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer : 14 lawyers Weil, Gotshal & Manges: 79…
Law Firm LG to Send Home 12 Trainees
London-based law firm LG, formerly Lawrence Graham LLP, will hire just nine members of its incoming trainee class of 21.…
Freshfields Will Not Hire 30% of Incoming Trainees
London's Freshfields will only hire 70% of its September 2009 trainees. Fourteen of the class of 48 trainees set to…