Good Morning everyone! I hope everyone had a terrific weekend. Here’s a look back at Friday’s news (and a small weekend update)...
![Troutman Sanders Cuts Associate Payroll 10% [Update 2]](https://www.jdjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/troutman_160x120-150x120.jpg "Troutman Sanders Cuts Associate Payroll 10% [Update 2]")
Atlanta’s Troutman Sanders has announced to its associates a 10% cut in total associate payroll budgeted for August to December of this...
![Tipster: More Layoffs on Horizon at Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt [Update 3]](https://www.jdjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/schwabewilliamsonwyatt_160x-150x120.jpg "Tipster: More Layoffs on Horizon at Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt [Update 3]")
In June we reported that Portland, Oregon’s Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt would cut associate salaries and lay off support staff. Now a...
![Another Black Day: DLA Piper Lays Off 120 [Update]](https://www.jdjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/dlapiper_160x120-150x120.jpg "Another Black Day: DLA Piper Lays Off 120 [Update]")
Blawgs are reporting this morning that DLA Piper is laying off 20 lawyers and 100 staff today. The layoffs are targeting the...
![University of Illinois Law “Jobs-for-Entry” Scheme Revealed [Update]](https://www.jdjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/universityillinoiscollegela-150x120.jpg "University of Illinois Law “Jobs-for-Entry” Scheme Revealed [Update]")
The Chicago Tribune has uncovered a “jobs-for-entry” scandal at the University of Illinois College of Law, in which the law school admitted...
![Dykema Cuts 17 Attorneys, 30 Staff [Correction]](https://www.jdjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/dykema_160x120-150x120.jpg "Dykema Cuts 17 Attorneys, 30 Staff [Correction]")
This week, big law firm layoffs are back. Dykema, which according to a JDJournal tipster has laid off at least 20 lawyers...
![Pillsbury Cuts Associate Pay [Update]](https://www.jdjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/pillsbury_160x120-150x120.jpg "Pillsbury Cuts Associate Pay [Update]")
Pillsbury, which offered associates $60,000 to leave the firm, is imposing associate salary reductions based on hours. Salaries are being cut between...
![K&L Gates Opens Dubai Office [UPDATE]](https://www.jdjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/klgates_160x120-150x120.jpg "K&L Gates Opens Dubai Office [UPDATE]")
Pittsburgh’s K&L Gates, which in March opened a Singapore office, has launched a footprint in Dubai, UAE. It’s the firm’s first office...
![Dorsey & Whitney Cuts 55 Staffers Firmwide [Update]](https://www.jdjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/dorsey_160x120-150x120.jpg "Dorsey & Whitney Cuts 55 Staffers Firmwide [Update]")
Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Dorsey & Whitney has laid off 55 staff members, or 7% of the firm’s support staff. Seven of the firm’s...
![Snell & Wilmer Lays Off Up to 40 Staffers [Update 2]](https://www.jdjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/snellwilmer_160x120-150x120.jpg "Snell & Wilmer Lays Off Up to 40 Staffers [Update 2]")
Snell & Wilmer has laid off between 30 and 40 staff members, most at its Phoenix, Arizona headquarters. A more precise number...
![Ropes & Gray Cuts Up to 40 Associates [Update]](https://www.jdjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/ropesgray1-150x120.jpg "Ropes & Gray Cuts Up to 40 Associates [Update]")
Ropes & Gray, which deferred start dates in March, has let go between 30 and 40 associates. Blawgs are reporting that the...
![Sonnenschein to Slash Associate Pay [Update]](https://www.jdjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/sonnenschein_160x120-150x120.jpg "Sonnenschein to Slash Associate Pay [Update]")
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal plans to cut associate salaries, beginning June 1st. First year salaries, previously a Biglaw standard $160,000, will be...
