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Swine Flu Outbreak at Mayer Brown Chicago

Here's a story that no legal blog is going to pass up: Mayer Brown has confirmed a possible swine flu…

Philadelphia Bar Announces Diversity Scholarships

The Young Lawyers Division of the Philadelphia Bar Association will award its Diversity Scholarships to five local law students at…

UC Irvine Law Gets $2 Million for Environmental Law Clinic

The University of California, Irvine School of Law has received a $2 million grant to start an Environmental Law Clinic,…

Ropes & Gray Cuts Up to 40 Associates [Update]

Ropes & Gray, which deferred start dates in March, has let go between 30 and 40 associates. Blawgs are reporting…

Jones Day Freezes Support Staff Salaries

Online sources say that Jones Day has announced a salary freeze affecting all support personnel and staff across the firm,…

Profits Plunge at Eversheds; 16% of Staff Cut

Eversheds has seen a 27% drop in profit per equity partner, to £404,000 ($548,000) in fiscal 2008. The firm's profit…

Morning News Roundup for Wednesday

Good morning! Here's the news: Eckert Seamans has brought on five lawyers from Ballard Spahr... Akin Gump has hired partners…

Goodmans ‘De-Merges’ into 3 Firms

Liverpool, UK-based Goodmans has split into three separate firms: medical negligence and personal injury firm Goodmans; family law firm Heaney…

Columbia Law School Announces Social Justice Fellowships

Columbia Law School has announced its Social Justice Pathways Fellowship program, which is basically equivalent to the kinds of public…

Survey: Law Firm Managers Losing Confidence

According to Citi Private Bank's Managing Partner Confidence Index, 71% of survey respondents expect demand for legal services to be…

Akin Gump Brings On Litigation Partners

Akin Gump has announced the hiring of partners Nicholas Porritt and William White for its litigation practice in Washington DC.…

Sonnenschein to Slash Associate Pay [Update]

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal plans to cut associate salaries, beginning June 1st. First year salaries, previously a Biglaw standard $160,000,…