The morning’s top stories: Kirkland & Ellis laid off at least 57 support staff… American legend John D. Ashcroft, the former US...
According to online sources, New York’s Shearman & Sterling is laying off 5% of its litigation associates, plus associates in other practice...
Pillsbury, which fired 155 in March, is hiring lawyers for its trusts & estates practice. Palo Alto-based partner Jennifer McCall, head of...
Happy Friday. I hope you’ve made it through the week without getting laid off. San Francisco IP firm Townsend and Townsend and...
Nine lawyers from Chicago-based Vedder Price are vedder, vedder upset to have been laid off. The firm blames a downturn in litigation...
A few days ago, Atlanta-based Alston & Bird deferred start dates for incoming associates. The associates were offered the opportunity to participate...
Skadden, which on Friday laid off an undisclosed number of staff attorneys and 50 support staffers, is introducing a litigation program for...
Two weeks ago, we reported that Manatt, Phelps & Phillips had laid off employees nationwide; 12 attorneys, 3 paralegals, and 32 administrative...
Philadelphia’s Saul Ewing has laid off seven lawyers and seven staff. All of the lawyers are associates and come from various practice...
Chicago law firm Arnstein & Lehr is absorbing the seven-lawyer, Coral Gables, Florida-based Fieldstone Shear & Denberg as of April 1st. Arnstein...
Cooley Godward Kronish, which previously announced a cyberlaw fellowship, has announced a new diversity fellowship for 1Ls: As part of Cooley Godward...
Yesterday we reported on web rumors that New York’s Shearman & Sterling would lay off staffers. Today the firm confirmed that 60...
