Nearly 79% of Massachusetts Bar Association members who responded to an online survey believe the economic downturn will affect the entire legal...
This morning’s top stories: London’s Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has informed staff that salaries for associates will be held at 2008 levels… Chicago’s...
Just two years after joining Winston & Strawn to co-chair its bankruptcy group, attorney Jeff Marwil is leaving to join the Chicago...
The Law Firm Services group of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Private Company Services practice today launched the firm’s first-ever survey focused on diversity at law...
New York City’s White & Case reports it profits per equity partner fell by 5% in 2008 to $1.6 million. The decrease...
DLA Piper has launched its second layoff consultation in just three months, with up to 140 jobs under threat. The review, which...
Today Am Law 100 firm Nixon Peabody announced the layoffs of 56 attorneys and staff. Prudent management of our business requires that...
Newton Abbot, Devonshire’s Douglas Pidsley and Roberts has shut its doors after sole principal Warren Douglas was declared bankrupt. Ten employees also...
Chicago’s 215-lawyer Chapman and Cutler has launched a New York office with three partners. The firm hired its first new attorney for...
Todd R. Steggerda, former chief counsel to the John McCain 2008 presidential campaign, is returning to WilmerHale as a partner in the...
London’s Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP LLP informed staff yesterday that salaries for associates will be held at 2008 levels. The pay freeze...
This morning’s top stories: Defunct law firm Thelen LLP is telling courts it couldn’t possibly pay its employees accrued vacation, or give...
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