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Ropes & Gray Offers Summers a $60K Fellowship

Ropes & Gray, which in July deferred its 2009 summer associates to “no earlier than January 2011," is offering those…

Shearman & Sterling Adds 3 Partners

Shearman & Sterling has hired on three new partners. Antitrust litigator Edward B. Schwartz, formerly a Shearman & Sterling associate,…

DLA Piper Defers Summer Associates

DLA Piper is deferring its current summer associates to January 2011 at least, and will offer a voluntary deferral to…

Citigroup Cancels Its 2010 ‘CitiSelect’ Summer Program

Citigroup, whose "CitiSelect" initiative operates much like a typical Biglaw summer associates program, has canceled the program for 2010, and…

Morris Manning Slashes Salaries

Atlanta’s Morris Manning, which recently canceled its 2010 Summer Associate Program, is slashing salaries based on how much work a…

Detroit Lawyers Found Muslim Law Firm

Three Detroit lawyers have founded Hafeez & Youssef, a new firm to serve the city's Muslim community. Managing Partner Tariq…

McDonald Hopkins Adds Attorneys

West Palm Beach, Florida's McDonald Hopkins has added three attorneys to its roster. Howard K. Coates, Jr. joins as a…

Law Firm Hirings & Firings

Recent laterals and layoffs in the legal sector: Gary Hnath (not a typo) joins Mayer Brown as a partner from…

Arnstein & Lehr Adds Lawyers in Chicago

Arnstein & Lehr has brought on two associates in Chicago. Louis J. Gale will focus on construction litigation. He was…

Deeb Petrakis Adds Partners to Business Transaction Group

Philadelphia's Deeb Petrakis has added two lawyers to its Business Transaction Group. Charles M. Naselsky joins from Blank Rome as…

Troutman Sanders Brings on Dreier IP Team

Troutman Sanders has hired five intellectual property lawyers from the defunct Dreier LLP. The group is led by patent litigator…

Hangley Aronchick Hires Six from DLA Piper

Hangley Aronchick has hired six lawyers away from DLA Piper's Philadelphia office. The group is headed by Ronald P. Schiller,…