Faced with taking in only half its incoming class this year while cutting costs, Scotland’s McClure Naismith pulled the names of the lucky solicitors out of a hat. Literally. McClure…
This week in law firm layoffs: Gibson Dunn & Crutcher: 36 staff Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom: undisclosed lawyers, 50 staff Bose McKinney & Evans: 10 lawyers, 15 staff…
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher today cut 36 staff positions at the firm’s nine US offices. In February, the firm announced its gross revenue was up and that it planned no…
This week Skadden laid off 50 support staffers. In addition, an undisclosed number of staff attorneys has been cut, with only staff attorneys who are needed for ongoing matters to…
A group of five trusts & estates attorneys is defecting from Sonnenschein’s Los Angeles office to Seyfarth Shaw. The group is led by partner Alan Yoshitake, a resident in the…
Wolf Block has exploded, sending lawyer shrapnel everywhere — and Littler Mendelson has caught two pieces. Warren Fusfeld, former head of Wolf Block’s employee benefits practice, and former employment partner…
According to Robert Half Legal, one quarter of lawyers surveyed believe their firm will hire in the next 12 months, most likely in bankruptcy and litigation. The survey questioned 300…
Squire Sanders, which recently pushed back incoming associate start dates to January, 2010, has informed last year’s 1Ls they are not being invited back this summer. Some 2Ls may still…
Stradley Ronon has hired two finance partners from dissolving Wolf Block. Richard Zucker, chairperson of Wolf Block’s financial services practice and the head of its commercial lending group, is joining…
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