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Court: Firm Can Sue Departing Partners

A California appeals court ruling from 1984 that a firm can sue a departing partner for profits lost from open…

Good morning - here are the top stories: This last week: 574 lawyers, 812 staff were laid off. And there…

Here's the rundown for law firm layoffs this week: K&L Gates: 36 associates and 79 staff Burges Salmon: 18 lawyers…

Baker & McKenzie's London office has launched a redundancy consultation targeting up to 30 lawyers and 55 staffers. The review…

York, UK's Minster Law is recruiting 150 people for its two offices in York and Wakefield. CEO Matthew Briggs hopes…

Norton Rose may implement flexible hours scheme to help avoid job cuts. For one year, Norton Rose employees (including partners)…

Husch Blackwell Sanders has laid off 17 lawyers and 45 staff members. Chairman Dave Fenley said that more than a…

Happy Friday the 13th! Edinburgh’s Dundas & Wilson, Scotland’s largest law firm, will cut up to 50 jobs across its…

Skadden is offering attorneys the chance to work somewhere else for a year, but then return. The same offer is…

Baker Botts has laid off a number of attorneys today, but refuses to reveal numbers. The fired attorneys are being…

Dallas, Texas-based business law firm Gardere Wynne Sewell has laid off an undisclosed number of attorneys and staff today. The…

Winstead PC, a Texas law firm with seven offices, has canceled its 2009 summer associate program. The Am Law 200…