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Conyers Dill & Pearman Opens Brazilian Office

Conyers Dill & Pearman Opens Brazilian Office

Cayman Islands law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman will open a São Paulo office. The Brazilian Bar Association has approved licensing. Conyers will be the only offshore law firm with…

Jenner & Block Launches California Footprint

Jenner & Block Launches California Footprint

Jenner & Block has opened its first office in California. Rick Richmond, a former partner from the Los Angeles office of Kirkland & Ellis, will run the Los Angeles office…

Morning News Roundup for Tuesday

Morning News Roundup for Tuesday

Good morning. Here are the top stories: London’s Linklaters is offering future trainees £10,000 to go away for one year… Also, Winston & Strawn has pushed back 2009 start dates…

Most Brit Law Students Still Plan Legal Careers

Most Brit Law Students Still Plan Legal Careers

According to a study by Legal Week Intelligence, the percentage of UK law students planning a non-legal career has fallen over the last two years. The global economic meltdown has…

WilmerHale Defers Start Dates, Offers $75,000

WilmerHale Defers Start Dates, Offers $75,000

WilmerHale is deferring start dates for its 2009 associate class. Some associates will be deferred to January 20th, 2010, and others to March 17th of that year. January associates will…

Skadden Offers Big Money for Voluntary Furloughs

Skadden Offers Big Money for Voluntary Furloughs

New York’s Skadden is offering all its associates, about 1,300 worldwide, the extraordinary option of taking one-third of their base pay not to work for a year. The associates are…

Winston & Strawn Defers Start Dates

Winston & Strawn Defers Start Dates

According to online sources, Winston & Strawn has pushed back 2009 incoming associate start dates to January 19th, 2010. Deferred associates will receive an additional $15,000, in addition to their…

Akerman Senterfitt Adds 3 to Labor & Employment Practice

Akerman Senterfitt Adds 3 to Labor & Employment Practice

Miami-based Akerman Senterfitt has brought a three-attorney group into its West Palm Beach labor & employment practice. David Spector and Christopher Duke are joining the firm as shareholders. Lorraine Rogers…

Barnes & Thornburg Expands (Again), into Ohio

Barnes & Thornburg Expands (Again), into Ohio

Last week we reported that Indianapolis’ Barnes & Thornburg had opened an eighth office, in Atlanta, Georgia. This week the 500-attorney firm announced a ninth office in Columbus, Ohio, with…

Linklaters Defers Start Dates

Linklaters Defers Start Dates

London’s Linklaters has pushed back its trainee start dates for September 2009 and March 2010, offering future trainees £10,000 to go away for one year. The firm will select 15…