Kilpatrick Stockton has laid off 24 lawyers. The firm blames the economic meltdown. Those laid off have been offered a “competitive and...
Former employees of San Francisco’s defunct Heller Ehrman, which declared bankruptcy in December, are suing 179 former partners for $32 million. The...
London’s Clifford Chance has cut 20 positions at its New York office. The law firm has laid off almost 100 people since...
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Friday we reported the rumor that Kirkland & Ellis laid off an undisclosed number of support staff today. This morning a tipster...
Washington DC’s Howrey has laid off 25 secretarial staffers. Cuts came in all offices except Palo Alto and New York. Those affected...
According to rumors repeated by reliable blawgs, Kirkland & Ellis is laying off an undisclosed number of support staff today. It is...
Perkins Coie has cut 12 attorneys and 26 staff. Affected employees have been offered an expanded severance package that includes continuation of...
Maclay, Murray & Spens, one of the “big four” Scottish law firms, will cut 6% of its workforce, including some lawyers. CEO...
San Francisco-based intellectual property firm Townsend and Townsend and Crew has laid off 16 attorneys, 45 staff. From the memo: …Townsend today...
Chicago’s Baker & McKenzie today announced the layoffs of 124 employees. From the statement: …management in North America and Global Services today...
British law firm Shoosmiths has asked its 2009 trainees to withdraw from their contract, or defer until 2011, without any offer of...
Today Hogan & Hartson informed 93 US support staffers they don’t have to come back next week. From the memo: …we reluctantly...
