struggling legal economy

News Flash – The Economy was Bad in 2009!

Hard as it may be for those who follow the legal profession to believe, the economy for the past year…

First year associates at Haynes & Boone will be starting after Thanksgiving, but at a reduced rate. The firm emailed…

If you're an associate at Skadden Arps, the good news is not only do you still have a job, you're…

Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, or so the expression goes. Now Reed Smith is asking much the same of…

Stick this one in the "It could be worse..." file. At an all associates meeting today, Covington & Burling announced…

Day Pitney has laid off 29 staff memebers in its third round of layoffs this year. In may, the firm…

According to a report issued by the National Law Journal, the top 250 law firms cut 5,259 attorney positions this…

Cleary Gottlieb Gottlieb has confirmed their bonus schedule for this year, which falls right in line with Cravath. Cravath was…

In a firm wide memo sent out today, Dickstein Shapiroannounced that three percent of its associates and ten percent of…

Cravath Swaine & Moore has officially kicked off this years bonus season. It should come as no surprise that bonuses…

Morrison & Foerster is lowering the starting pay of its associates to $145,000 in California, while associates in New York…