AmLaw: The Coming Law Firm Hiring Crisis
The American Lawyer expects a "a paradigm-shifting, blood-in-the-suites, terror-on-the-campus hiring and retention crisis" in 2009. If nothing changes, this fall…
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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…
Lateral Moves Are All the Rage
The WSJ Law Blog summarizes the findings in a report by The American Lawyer about the enormous rise in laterals…
Obama Hires Am Law 100’s Top Legal Earners
The American Lawyer reports that new Obama administration appointees Eric Holder Jr., Jeh Johnson, Ronald Kirk and Tom Vilsack raked…
Venable Partner Recalls Landing in Hudson River
The American Lawyer has an interview with Venable partner James Hanks Jr., who was on board US Airways Flight 1549…
Cadwalader Profits Plummet 30% in 2008
The American Lawyer reports that America's oldest law firm, Manhattan's Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, saw its average profits per equity…
Thacher Proffitt Dissolves; Sonnenschein Rescues 100 [Update]
Chicago's Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal has announced it will hire 100 lawyers (NYT says 40) away from New York CIty's…
Associates’ Bonuses Drop In Bad Year For Legal Biz
From The American Lawyer: Want an early look at how law firms will end 2008? Check out their associate bonus…