Online sources say that Jones Day has announced a salary freeze affecting all support personnel and staff across the firm, through at...
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Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal plans to cut associate salaries, beginning June 1st. First year salaries, previously a Biglaw standard $160,000, will be...
Good morning. Here are the top stories: Skadden has warned its summer associates that, if they get an offer to join the...
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Sullivan & Cromwell has laid off between 15 and 20 associates at its New York HQ. The firm cites performance reasons for...
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Dechert LLP chairman and CEO Barton Winokur announced that he has taken a $1 million pay cut. Winokur revealed the self-imposed pay...
Drinker Biddle will allow its 36 incoming associates to start on time in September; but their salaries will be reduced, and they...
New York’s Skadden has announced it will not raise salaries for counsel in 2009. Associates will not be affected. The firm still...
Linklaters is cutting pay for starting lawyers, and shrinking salary increases. The firm will pay new lawyers ÂŁ61,500 ($91,300), down from ÂŁ66,600...
Nixon Peabody, which laid off 20 attorneys and 36 staff in February, is now cutting salaries. All associates, including incoming and summer...
Chadbourne & Parke, which laid off 25 lawyers last month, has informed its attorneys and staff that salaries will be reduced starting...
Legal bloggers have been thrilled to comment on this quote from Covington & Burling’s recently-published Diversity Update: Our balanced mix of practices;...
Seattle-based law firm Williams Kastner has announced that all non-management and non-lawyer employees will receive a special compensation check as part of...
