According to the Hildebrandt International Peer Monitor Index, demand for legal services dropped by more than 8% compared to Q1 2008, dropping...
Pillsbury, which fired 155 in March, is hiring lawyers for its trusts & estates practice. Palo Alto-based partner Jennifer McCall, head of...
Connecticut’s Pepe & Hazard is laying off five attorneys and seven staff members. The 61-attorney firm says the move “is the direct...
London’s Allen & Overy will only retain 70% of its trainees for September 2009 and March 2010. The Magic Circle firm has...
Above the Law reports that K&L Gates held a meeting Friday to discuss, amongst other things, salary freezes. Earlier today, associates at...
Evan R. Chesler, a Presiding Partner at New York’s Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, has made a bold suggestion in January’s Forbes...
Austin, Texas-based appellate boutique Alexander Dubose Jones & Townsend is reducing its billing rates in current hourly-fee cases by 10% on January...
Over 70% percent of large law firms surveyed raised their billing rates this year, with one firm charging more than $1,200 an...
