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Update: Ashcroft Forms Nationwide Law Firm

This week we reported that former Attorney General John Ashcroft would found a new law firm. Today the move is…

Mayer Brown announced at the beginning of April that it was deferring most incoming associates to January, 2010, with a…

Good morning! Here are the top news stories: Duane Morris has picked up a total of 50 former Wolf Block…

Wiley Rein is bumping down underperforming associates to a lower salary track. Associates not on track to bill 1,950 hours…

Legal bloggers have been thrilled to comment on this quote from Covington & Burling's recently-published Diversity Update: Our balanced mix…

Friday we reported the rumor that Kirkland & Ellis laid off an undisclosed number of support staff today. This morning…

Los Angeles' Sheppard Mullin has recently hired three new attorneys in Los Angeles and China. This week the firm announced…

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney has announced that start dates for first-year associates will be deferred from September 2009 to February…

We've reported here and here about hires of former Wolf Block attorneys by Philadelphia’s Duane Morris. Now Duane Morris has…

The morning's top stories: Kirkland & Ellis laid off at least 57 support staff... American legend John D. Ashcroft, the…

Kansas City, Missouri-based law firm Spencer Fane has laid off eight staff members. The lay-offs targeted three in tony Clayton,…

Lawyers from the Washington, DC and Boston offices of now-defunct Wolf Block will join the Columbia, South Carolina office of…