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The Week in Law Firm Layoffs

This week in law firm layoffs: Gibson Dunn & Crutcher: 36 staff Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom: undisclosed lawyers,…

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher today cut 36 staff positions at the firm's nine US offices. In February, the firm announced…

This week Skadden laid off 50 support staffers. In addition, an undisclosed number of staff attorneys has been cut, with…

A group of five trusts & estates attorneys is defecting from Sonnenschein's Los Angeles office to Seyfarth Shaw. The group…

Wolf Block has exploded, sending lawyer shrapnel everywhere -- and Littler Mendelson has caught two pieces. Warren Fusfeld, former head…

According to Robert Half Legal, one quarter of lawyers surveyed believe their firm will hire in the next 12 months,…

Yesterday, Edwards Angell announced the layoffs of 25 lawyers and 35 staff, or 15% of the firm’s workforce. Today the…

Squire Sanders, which recently pushed back incoming associate start dates to January, 2010, has informed last year's 1Ls they are…

Stradley Ronon has hired two finance partners from dissolving Wolf Block. Richard Zucker, chairperson of Wolf Block's financial services practice…

Cozen O'Connor is picking up at least 28 attorneys from the now-defunct Wolf Block. Wolf Block voted this week to…

TGIF! There was a fair number of layoffs yesterday: Dechert laid off 63 lawyers and 62 staffers yesterday... Edwards Angell…

Indianapolis, Indiana's Bose McKinney & Evans is cutting 10 attorney, two paralegal and 13 staff positions. The cuts affect 7%…