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Curtis Hires 5 Lawyers for Corporate Practice

New York's Curtis has added five lawyers to the firm's international corporate practice in Frankfurt, Germany. Partners Christian Fingerhut, Jörn…

Covington & Burling, which likes to hire former Republican bigwigs, is bringing on two more Bush administration veterans. The firm…

LexisNexis has announced a program of free access for new associates whose law firm positions have been deferred. The Associates…

Good morning! Here's the news: Berwin Leighton Paisner has launched a redundancy consultation targeting 30 lawyers and 55 staff at…

Gardere Wynne Sewell, which laid off an undisclosed number of attorneys and staff in March, has cut salaries for incoming…

Texas' Thompson & Knight has laid off 17 associates, including two first-years, and 25 staff. The layoffs targeted the real…

Steptoe & Johnson has hired three lawyers from Los Angeles' McNamara, Spira & Smith, including founder Michael McNamara. McNamara joins…

Kirkland & Ellis has hired two top former Bush administration lawyers for its litigation practice group. Both are returning to…

Morrison & Foerster has informed 40% of its incoming associate class that their start date has been pushed to April…

Berwin Leighton Paisner has launched a redundancy consultation targeting 30 lawyers and 55 staff positions at the firm's London headquarters.…

Skadden is sending three London lawyers to Hong Kong, plus bringing on a new lawyer, to handle cases related to…

Good morning! Here are the top stories: It appears that a second lawyer has taken her own life after being…