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Pinsent Masons Defers Start Dates

Pinsent Masons, which is in the midst of a redundancy consultation, has asked 25% of its incoming trainees to defer…

Skadden Warns Summers: You Will Be Deferred to 2011

The 2009 Summer Associate Program at Skadden has begun. And the 3Ls have been warned that, if they get an…

Taylor Wessing Deferring Start Dates

Anglo-German law firm Taylor Wessing is asking for voluntary deferrals from its September 2009 and September 2010 incoming associate classes.…

Mayer Brown Extends Deferral Options

Mayer Brown announced at the beginning of April that it was deferring most incoming associates to January, 2010, with a…

Rumor: Baker McKenzie Cuts Associate Salaries

Tipsters are informing blawgers that Baker & McKenzie has cut salaries between 10% and 25% for some associates. We reported…

Greenberg Traurig Decimates New Associate Salaries

Greenberg Traurig is cutting the salaries of its summer and first year associates by 10%. First year associate start dates…

Rumor: Winstead Revoking Offers to New Associates? [Update]

Last month Winstead, a Texas law firm with seven offices, canceled its 2009 summer associate program. The firm is offering…

Weil Gotshal Offers Big Bucks to Deferred Associates

Weil, Gotshal & Manges has announced it is deferring its incoming associates' start dates to January 2010, and is asking…

Dewey & LeBoeuf Defers Start Dates to 2010

Dewey & LeBoeuf has shut offices and cut pay. Now the firm has deferred start dates for its 2009 incoming…

Update: Katten Lays Off 69

Katten Muchin Rosenman has confirmed it is laying off 69 people today, and cutting the salaries of "underutilized" associates. The…

Holland & Knight Delays Start Dates

Holland & Knight informed 3Ls today that 2009 start dates are being delayed. Recruiting partner Adolfo E. Jimenez: The start…

Skadden Offers “Sidebar” to Attorneys, Incoming Associates

Skadden is offering attorneys the chance to work somewhere else for a year, but then return. The same offer is…