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Clifford Chance Partners Defect to Start New Italian Firm

Clifford Chance Partners Defect to Start New Italian Firm

Three capital markets partners in Clifford Chance’s Milan, Italy office are leaving to set up shop on their own. Paolo Calderaro, Michele Crisostomo and Silvio Riolo will bring at least…

Eversheds Expands into Saudi Arabia

Eversheds Expands into Saudi Arabia

Eversheds has formalized an alliance with Saudi Arabia’s Hani Qurashi. The 20-lawyer firm in the Middle Eastern dictatorship has offices in the Red Sea coastal town of Jeddah and in…

Wildman Harrold Lays Off 10 Associates, 7 Staff

Wildman Harrold Lays Off 10 Associates, 7 Staff

Chicago’s Wildman Harrold has laid off 10 associates and seven staffers. In January, the firm laid off five partners and five associates. Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon was founded in…

Morning News Roundup for Tuesday

Morning News Roundup for Tuesday

Good morning. Here are the top stories: Ogletree Deakins will launch a new office in New Orleans this Friday… Former employees of San Francisco’s defunct Heller Ehrman, which declared bankruptcy…

Glaser Weil Brings on Entertainment Team

Glaser Weil Brings on Entertainment Team

Los Angeles-based Glaser Weil has brought on leading entertainment attorney John Mason and his team. Mason joins the firms as a partner. Mason brings with him Nashville-based Deborah Wagnon as…

Quarles & Brady Launches Sustainability Practice

Quarles & Brady Launches Sustainability Practice

Quarles & Brady LLP is launching a new practice group specializing in clean energy, climate change and sustainability law. Over 50 attorneys from the firm’s offices in Wisconsin, Arizona and…

Nixon Peabody Slashes Salaries

Nixon Peabody Slashes Salaries

Nixon Peabody, which laid off 20 attorneys and 36 staff in February, is now cutting salaries. All associates, including incoming and summer associates, will see a reduction to $145,000 in…

Squire Sanders Fires 30 Lawyers, Decimates Salaries

Squire Sanders Fires 30 Lawyers, Decimates Salaries

Squire Sanders has announced it is cutting associate salaries by 10% in May. Online rumors say the law firm fired 30 attorneys last Friday. Squire Sanders let go 30 people…

Former Heller Employees Sue Partners

Former Heller Employees Sue Partners

Former employees of San Francisco’s defunct Heller Ehrman, which declared bankruptcy in December, are suing 179 former partners for $32 million. The suit alleges that the firm’s shareholders failed to…

Ogletree Deakins Launches New Orleans Office

Ogletree Deakins Launches New Orleans Office

Ogletree Deakins will launch a new office in New Orleans this Friday. Mark N. Mallery, who has been practicing labor & employment law in The Big Easy for more than…