Simmons & Simmons has announced a review that could lead to layoffs of up to 20 associates and 49 support staffers. Last...
Good morning! Here are the top stories: As many as 65 former lawyers from defunct Thacher Proffitt & Wood have been unable...
The Boston Globe reports that the economic meltdown could have a devastating impact on the American justice system, as courts are forced...
The National Law Journal reports that many former Thacher lawyers have been unable to find new positions. More than 65 attorneys from...
The National Law Journal writes that judges, who have been pushing for years for pay raises, are now backing off, and begrudgingly...
He goes by the username “Minerva,” after the Greek goddess of wisdom. He rose from anonymity in South Korea, for accurately predicting...
The London office of New York’s Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has been rocked by the unnanounced mass walkout of seven partners to...
From LawCrossing.com: In recent months, when companies have been forced to succumb to mergers or bankruptcy in the wake of the economic crisis, lawyers...
Thacher Proffitt & Wood, the 160-year-old New York-based law firm, will close forever. The subprime crisis slashed demand for its structured-finance practice,...
The number of subprime-related court filings has reached an unprecedented level and is expected to continue skyrocketing as economic conditions worsen, according...
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General Motors has hired Harvey Miller of the New York law firm Weil Gotshal & Manges to help the beleaguered auto giant...
I have been a recruiter for nine years now and I think this is one of the craziest weeks I have ever seen....
