The UK’s Allen & Overy, which announced in February its plan to lay off 450 jobs, has informed staff of its redundancy criteria. The firm has identified seven criteria: individual…
The Project for Attorney Retention says reducing associate working hours will save a firm more money than cutting associate positions. PAR is an initiative of the Center of WorkLife Law…
Washington DC-based intellectual property firm Sughrue Mion has fired a third of its incoming first year class, and canceled its 2009 summer associate program. The incoming first years received a…
Hmm.. no confirmed law firm layoffs yesterday. Let’s hope today goes as well. McMillan is merging with Thackray Burgess, increasing McMillan’s total workforce to 200 lawyers and 350 staff… Many…
Various blawgs report that stealth layoffs are underway at Atlanta’s Alston & Bird. The firings seem to be taking place across all practices, but are hitting real estate especially hard.…
Perth, Australia law firm Christensen Vaughan will merge with national firm Gadens Lawyers, to form an expanded commercial legal practice in Western Australia. The combined practice will have six partners…
Legal Times is merging with one of its sibling publications, The National Law Journal. The combined publication will focus on national legal news, with a special emphasis on Washington, DC,…
The blawgosphere is roiling this morning over US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s off-handed remark on Friday that there may soon be a vacancy on the nation’s highest court.…
Many law firms are using the economic meltdown as an excuse to end seniority-based pay for associates, adopting “merit-based” systems similar to those used outside the legal profession. Examples in…
McMillan LLP is merging with Calgary, Canada’s Thackray Burgess. The Calgary firm will become part of McMillan, and all of its 30 lawyers and 70 staff will remain. The merger,…
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