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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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