I have a mental image of two giants staring each other down inside a locked steel cage before charging at one another,...
Allen Matkins is having a rough year. Back at the end of March the firm let some attorneys go. First year associate...
Boston’s Mintz Levin, which just laid off an undisclosed number of attorneys and staff, has cut associate salaries. The salary reductions are...
Manchester, UK’s Halliwells, which in March launched a redundancy consultation targeting 30, is cutting attorneys’ working hours, but not adjusting its billable...
Kaye Scholer is cutting pay for associates who bill under 1,600 hours this year. First- and second-years who aren’t on track to...
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Pillsbury, which offered associates $60,000 to leave the firm, is imposing associate salary reductions based on hours. Salaries are being cut between...
According to the Hildebrandt International Peer Monitor Index, demand for legal services dropped by more than 8% compared to Q1 2008, dropping...
Crowell & Moring has told as many as 20 lawyers across the firm that their salaries will be reduced in light of...
Pillsbury, which fired 155 in March, is hiring lawyers for its trusts & estates practice. Palo Alto-based partner Jennifer McCall, head of...
Yesterday Hogan & Hartson laid off 93 US support staff. Today we learn more about changes in compensation for associates who joined...
Washington, DC-based Patton Boggs is adopting a new compensation plan for partners, retooling a long-held “eat-what-you-kill” system to reward partner cooperation and...
Stanford Law School has launched the Stanford Center on the Legal Profession, which will focus on professional responsibility, leadership development and quality...
