Good morning! Here are the top stories: DLA Piper has laid off eight associates in Dubai, or about 8% of the office’s legal staff… Shipman & Goodwin will cut five…
Columbus, Ohio’s Bricker & Eckler has eliminated 28 positions, including nine lawyers. “We’re seeing a decline in the work of our clients, and that’s affecting us as well,” said Rich…
Brabners Chaffe Street, one of Liverpool, UK’s top corporate law firms, is merging with crosstown rival Bremners Solicitors. Eight-partner firm Bremners specializes in commercial & property law, and acts mainly…
Dublin law firm William Fry has made 17 staff redundant, and implemented pay cuts of up to 10%. The firm, one of Ireland’s “big five” legal practices, informed its 400…
Shipman & Goodwin will cut 26 jobs, including five lawyers, across its four offices in Connecticut. The Hartford headquarters is the most affected, losing four lawyers, one of them a…
This week in law firm layoffs: DLA Piper: 8 lawyers Alston & Bird: 14 lawyers, 38 staff Lovells: 18 lawyers, 61 staff Honigman: 15 lawyers, 30 staff Hogan & Hartson:…
A new study by the Minority Corporate Council Association says biglaw firms must do more to ensure that minority, female and LGBT attorneys have the same career opportunities as their…
Dallas’ Akin Gump is altering its salary plan to reward lawyers who are on track to bill 2,000 hours by the end of the year. Those lawyers receive a supplemental…
DLA Piper has laid off eight associates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, about 8% of the office’s legal staff. The lawyers were cut from the office’s corporate, finance and projects…
British law firm Shoosmiths has asked its 2009 trainees to withdraw from their contract, or defer until 2011, without any offer of financial compensation. The firm wants volunteers to defer…
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