Frisco DA Lays Off Lawyers, Staff
San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris laid off at least five staffers and two attorneys last week. Harris blamed the…
Layoffs
Dundas and Wilson To Cut 50 Jobs
Dundas and Wilson, Scotland’s biggest law firm, plans to cut 50 jobs from all three of its offices, citing a…
LexisNexis Freezes Salaries
Legal document archive firm LexisNexis has announced it is freezing salaries at 2008 levels. In order to address what is…
Clifford Chance to Associates: Maybe You Should Quit Before We Fire You
Clifford Chance LLP LLP is in talks with associates about voluntary redundancies. The firm is offering associates the chance to…
Law Firms Save $250,000 for Each Lawyer Laid Off
How much do law firms save by laying off lawyers and staff? The National Law Journal asked around the find…
Publisher of AmLaw, NLJ Lays Off 42 Workers
Incisive Media, publishers of various business-to-business magazines such as IT Week, Personal Computer World, and as relates to the legal…
Linklaters to Go Forth With “Project New World”
Managing partner at Linklaters , Simon Davies, defended the firm’s decision to cut 270 jobs in London, stating that the…
Legal Aid Programs Hurt; So Do Third-Year Law Students
Legal aid programs are hurting from a reduction in funding from Interest on Lawyer Trust Account Programs and state budget…
Tip: Layoffs at Seyfarth Shaw’s Boston Office
According to a tip received by JDJournal, the Boston office of Chicago's Seyfarth Shaw is undergoing layoffs today, due to…
Tip: Layoffs at Houston’s Bracewell & Guiliani
Bracewell & Guiliani's headquarters in Houston is laying off a lot of people in corporate and energy, according to a…
Tip: Duval & Stachenfeld Laying Off 1st & 2nd Year Associates
New York City's Duval & Stachenfeld is laying off an undisclosed number of first and second year associates, according to…
Foley Hoag Cuts 6%, or 32 Associates & Staff
Boston's Foley Hoag has cut 6% of its workforce in response to the economic meltdown, the law firm has announced.…