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Rumor: Baker McKenzie Cuts Associate Salaries

Tipsters are informing blawgers that Baker & McKenzie has cut salaries between 10% and 25% for some associates. We reported…

Herbert Smith announced today it has begun a redundancy consultation at its London HQ, targeting 84 positions. The redundancies target…

The merged legal department of Bank of America and Merrill Lynch, with around 700 lawyers, is looking at pending layoffs.…

John D. Ashcroft, the former Missouri governor, US attorney general, senator and state attorney general, will announce this week plans…

Good morning! Here are the top stories: Last week in law firm layoffs: 232 confirmed layoffs total, down from 454…

Washington DC's Howrey has laid off 25 secretarial staffers. Cuts came in all offices except Palo Alto and New York.…

This week in law firm layoffs: Howard Kennedy: 40 lawyers and staff Kirkland & Ellis: undisclosed staff LG: 15 lawyers…

London's Howard Kennedy has launched a redundancy consultation targeting 40 partners, associates and support staff across the firm’s property and…

Allens Arthur Robinson will institute pay freezes July 1st, and is offering up to one year's pay to lawyers who…

Former North Carolina Democratic Governor Mike Easley is joining the Raleigh offices of Richmond, Virginia's McGuire Woods. Two former aides…

Arent Fox has hired away a seven-lawyer telecommunications group from Womble Carlyle. The group, making up roughly half of Womble's…

According to rumors repeated by reliable blawgs, Kirkland & Ellis is laying off an undisclosed number of support staff today.…