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Bingham McCutchen Defers Start Dates

Bingham McCutchen, which ousted 16 attorneys and 23 staff last month, has deferred its incoming associate class to January, 2010.…

Chadbourne & Parke, which laid off 25 lawyers last month, has informed its attorneys and staff that salaries will be…

Kilpatrick Stockton has told its incoming associate class they have been deferred from September 2009 to April 2010. The deferrals…

Nixon Peabody has brought on a former congressman and his former chief of staff to work with the firm's new…

White & Case, which laid off 200 associates and 200 staffers in March, has added two new partners to its…

Philadelphia's Dechert is deferring start dates for two-thirds of its 63 incoming associates Three groups of 21 associates will start…

Anglo-German law firm Taylor Wessing is asking for voluntary deferrals from its September 2009 and September 2010 incoming associate classes.…

The University of Texas School of Law has announced its Long Career Launch Program, which will aid graduates whose start…

The five-lawyer Norristown, Pennsylvania office of dissolving Wolf Block will join Weber Gallagher. The office's two partners, Lynne Gold-Bikin and…

This week we reported that former Attorney General John Ashcroft would found a new law firm. Today the move is…

Mayer Brown announced at the beginning of April that it was deferring most incoming associates to January, 2010, with a…

Wiley Rein is bumping down underperforming associates to a lower salary track. Associates not on track to bill 1,950 hours…