Heath Tarbert, former special counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, has joined Weil, Gotshal & Manges...
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This week, big law firm layoffs are back. Dykema, which according to a JDJournal tipster has laid off at least 20 lawyers...
Blake Lapthorn has launched its third redundancy consultation in the past nine months, targeting 33 positions in business services and secretarial at...
Phoenix, Arizona-based law firm Fennemore Craig has announced it cut 17 jobs. Ten staffers were let go this month; and seven attorneys...
Blake Dawson will announce redundancies tomorrow, Friday the 13th, with “less than 100” people affected. The firm says the cuts are all...
DLA Piper announced today it is laying off 20 lawyers and 34 staff across its Asian offices, in response to the global...
As predicted, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe is laying off a total of 300 employees. Orrick has begun a firmwide reduction in its...
Stone King Sewell, which employs 200 people across four offices, has made a total of 16 redundancies, including 10 staff from its...
The National Law Journal reports that major firms brought on as many new associates in 2008 as they did in 2007, leaving...
The Boston Globe reports that the economic meltdown could have a devastating impact on the American justice system, as courts are forced...
Wolf Block is cutting associate pay by 10%, which will go into effect at once. Other firms have frozen salaries for 2009,...
Minneapolis intellectual-property law firm Merchant & Gould is cutting 33 jobs, or 13% of its work force, citing the economic meltdown. The...
