Nineteen women and four men laid off from Allen & Overy are founding their own firm, Maurice Turnor Gardner. Formerly with A&O’s private client practice, five of the new firm’s…
New York’s Skadden has announced it will not raise salaries for counsel in 2009. Associates will not be affected. The firm still intends to offer discretionary, merit-based bonuses. Skadden is…
The UK’s Allen & Overy announced in February a plan to lay off 450 jobs in a redundancy consultation. Well, today’s the day. Allen & Overy own Black Thursday sees…
We reported yesterday that Kilpatrick Stockton had laid off 24 lawyers. This morning, police and firefighters responded when Mark Levy, Washington DC-based counsel and chair of Kilpatrick Stockton’s Supreme Court…
Crowell & Moring LLP has added three senior lawyers to its London office. Timothy Leeson, a former Crowell & Moring lawyer, rejoins the firm from London’s Lawrence Graham LLP to…
Earlier this week we reported the rumor that Squire Sanders fired 30 attorneys last Friday. It has now been confirmed that the firm cut 32 lawyers in total, including seven…
Linklaters is cutting pay for starting lawyers, and shrinking salary increases. The firm will pay new lawyers £61,500 ($91,300), down from £66,600 pounds in 2008. Associates will get salary increases…
Good morning! Here are the top stories: Kilpatrick Stockton has laid off 24 lawyers… DLA Piper has added two lawyers to its Asian employment practice in Hong Kong… SJ Berwin…
Philadelphia’s Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, which poached six partners from Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal earlier this month, has added two more partners and five associates from the Chicago-based firm. The…
The Loyola University Chicago School of Law is offering two programs for graduates who have been deferred by their law firms or are unable to secure a job offer. First,…
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