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Arent Fox Brings on New Partners

Arent Fox Brings on New Partners

Arent Fox has hired two new partners, one on each coast. Maurice Bellan joins the litigation department in Washington, DC. Previously with the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights division and…

Pepe & Hazard Lays Off 5 Lawyers, 7 Staff

Pepe & Hazard Lays Off 5 Lawyers, 7 Staff

Connecticut’s Pepe & Hazard is laying off five attorneys and seven staff members. The 61-attorney firm says the move “is the direct result of the current economic downturn that is…

Consultant: Don’t Let Deferrals Make You Lazy

If you’re an incoming first year associate and your start date has been deferred, use this time to impress your new firm. That’s the advice of Judith Germain of UK…

Cravath Defers Start Dates

Cravath Defers Start Dates

Cravath, Swaine & Moore is deferring start dates for incoming first-years. New associates will have the choice of beginning work in October, November or January. The start dates are available…

Morning News Roundup for Wednesday

Morning News Roundup for Wednesday

This morning’s top stories: February 12th is still known as “Black Thursday” — but it’s only the third worst day for recent law firm layoffs. Monday, March 9th, had the…

Cohen Seglias Acquires Payne Hackenbracht

Cohen Seglias Acquires Payne Hackenbracht

Construction law firm Cohen Seglias is acquiring Fort Washington, Pennsylvania’s Payne Hackenbracht & Sullivan. The combined firm will have 55 attorneys once the merger is complete on April 1st. Four-lawyer…

Rumor: Blank Rome Layoffs on the Way

Rumor: Blank Rome Layoffs on the Way

Blawgs are reporting that between 25 and 50 attorneys will be let go from Blank Rome this week, most likely on Thursday. In January, the firm laid off an undisclosed…

Paul Hastings Laying Off 44 Associates, 87 Staff

Paul Hastings is laying off 131 employees today. From the official memo: …today we have completed a regretted but necessary step of reducing our workforce in the United States by…

Update: Chadbourne & Parke Lays Off 25 Lawyers

Update: Chadbourne & Parke Lays Off 25 Lawyers

Chadbourne & Parke has confirmed that the firm laid off 25 associates and counsel across its 13 offices worldwide today. The associates affected were primarily in the firm’s transactional practices.…

Rumor: Chadbourne & Parke Layoffs Today

Rumor: Chadbourne & Parke Layoffs Today

Chadbourne & Parke, which froze salaries in January, is laying off employees today, according to rumors in the blawgosphere. If you know anything about Chadbourne & Parke layoffs, please send…