Baker & McKenzie’s London office has launched a redundancy consultation targeting up to 30 lawyers and 55 staffers. The review begins at the end of the month. Trainees will not…
York, UK’s Minster Law is recruiting 150 people for its two offices in York and Wakefield. CEO Matthew Briggs hopes to bring 40 jobs to York before Summer. The firm…
Norton Rose may implement flexible hours scheme to help avoid job cuts. For one year, Norton Rose employees (including partners) would choose between a four-day week, a paid sabbatical of…
Husch Blackwell Sanders has laid off 17 lawyers and 45 staff members. Chairman Dave Fenley said that more than a third of the attorneys were concentrated in real estate and…
Happy Friday the 13th! Edinburgh’s Dundas & Wilson, Scotland’s largest law firm, will cut up to 50 jobs across its three offices… Blank Rome laid off 27 associates and 52…
Baker Botts has laid off a number of attorneys today, but refuses to reveal numbers. The fired attorneys are being offered a three-month severance package. The firm imposed a hiring…
Dallas, Texas-based business law firm Gardere Wynne Sewell has laid off an undisclosed number of attorneys and staff today. The firm bizarrely cites “privacy” concerns as its reason for not…
Winstead PC, a Texas law firm with seven offices, has canceled its 2009 summer associate program. The Am Law 200 firm is offering $5,000 each to the 2Ls who are…
Looks like we spoke too soon. From Sidley Austin: In addition to routine departures, 89 associates and staff attorneys and approximately 140 staff in our U.S. offices have been told…
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