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Ropes & Gray Defers Start Dates, Offers ‘New Alternatives’

Boston-based Ropes & Gray is deferring start dates for the 2009 class, and is offering "new alternatives" to help associates…

Katten Muchin Rosenman has confirmed it is laying off 69 people today, and cutting the salaries of "underutilized" associates. The…

Katten Muchin Rosenman is laying off around 30 lawyers today, according to reliable sources. The firm may also announce a…

Jenner & Block has laid off 34 staff at its Chicago and Washington, DC offices. No attorneys were affected. The…

Ten out of 11 attorneys in Wolf Block's Wilmington, Delaware office are in talks to jump ship to a local…

Kansas City law firm Polsinelli Shughart, the result of a merger last month, has laid off nine attorneys and 16…

Partners at Clifford Chance, which we now learn for the first time laid off 35 support staff in New York…

This morning's top stories are brought to you by the letter "H": Holland & Knight informed 3Ls yesterday that 2009…

Atlanta-based Morris, Manning & Martin has rescinded offers to six of its incoming first-year associates, and canceled this year's summer…

Squire Sanders has delayed new associate start dates for 2009 to January, 2010. In January of this year, Squire Sanders…

Since October, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips has laid off employees nationwide; 12 attorneys, 3 paralegals, and 32 administrative staff. The…

New York's Fried Frank saw gross revenue fall more than 9% in 2008 to $488 million. Profits per equity partner…