This week we reported that former Attorney General John Ashcroft would found a new law firm. Today the move is official. Ashcroft...
Mayer Brown announced at the beginning of April that it was deferring most incoming associates to January, 2010, with a deferral stipend...
Good morning! Here are the top news stories: Duane Morris has picked up a total of 50 former Wolf Block attorneys —...
Wiley Rein is bumping down underperforming associates to a lower salary track. Associates not on track to bill 1,950 hours in Q1...
Legal bloggers have been thrilled to comment on this quote from Covington & Burling’s recently-published Diversity Update: Our balanced mix of practices;...
Friday we reported the rumor that Kirkland & Ellis laid off an undisclosed number of support staff today. This morning a tipster...
Los Angeles’ Sheppard Mullin has recently hired three new attorneys in Los Angeles and China. This week the firm announced that corporate...
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney has announced that start dates for first-year associates will be deferred from September 2009 to February 2010. There...
We’ve reported here and here about hires of former Wolf Block attorneys by Philadelphia’s Duane Morris. Now Duane Morris has released complete...
The morning’s top stories: Kirkland & Ellis laid off at least 57 support staff… American legend John D. Ashcroft, the former US...
Kansas City, Missouri-based law firm Spencer Fane has laid off eight staff members. The lay-offs targeted three in tony Clayton, Missouri, and...
Lawyers from the Washington, DC and Boston offices of now-defunct Wolf Block will join the Columbia, South Carolina office of Nelson Mullins....