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Wiley Rein Cuts Salaries for Underperforming Associates

Wiley Rein Cuts Salaries for Underperforming Associates

Wiley Rein is bumping down underperforming associates to a lower salary track. Associates not on track to bill 1,950 hours in Q1 2009 will be involuntarily moved to the 1,800-hours…

Covington & Burling Does Absolutely Nothing

Legal bloggers have been thrilled to comment on this quote from Covington & Burling’s recently-published Diversity Update: Our balanced mix of practices; our longstanding, deep and broad client relationships; and…

Tipsters: Kirkland Lays Off at Least 80 [Update 4]

Tipsters: Kirkland Lays Off at Least 80 [Update 4]

Friday we reported the rumor that Kirkland & Ellis laid off an undisclosed number of support staff today. This morning a tipster informs us that Kirkland laid off 13 staff…

Sheppard Mullin Hires 3

Sheppard Mullin Hires 3

Los Angeles’ Sheppard Mullin has recently hired three new attorneys in Los Angeles and China. This week the firm announced that corporate partner Brian D. Weimer from Latham & Watkins,…

Buchanan Ingersoll Defers Start Dates

Buchanan Ingersoll Defers Start Dates

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney has announced that start dates for first-year associates will be deferred from September 2009 to February 2010. There will be an undisclosed deferral stipend. The firm…

Update: Duane Morris Hires 50 Total From Wolf Block

Update: Duane Morris Hires 50 Total From Wolf Block

We’ve reported here and here about hires of former Wolf Block attorneys by Philadelphia’s Duane Morris. Now Duane Morris has released complete information about the hires. The firm picked up…

Morning News Roundup for Tuesday

Morning News Roundup for Tuesday

The morning’s top stories: Kirkland & Ellis laid off at least 57 support staff… American legend John D. Ashcroft, the former US attorney general, will announce plans to found a…

Spencer Fane Lays Off 8 Staff

Spencer Fane Lays Off 8 Staff

Kansas City, Missouri-based law firm Spencer Fane has laid off eight staff members. The lay-offs targeted three in tony Clayton, Missouri, and five in Kansas City. In addition to its…

Wolf Block Groups Join Nelson Mullins

Wolf Block Groups Join Nelson Mullins

Lawyers from the Washington, DC and Boston offices of now-defunct Wolf Block will join the Columbia, South Carolina office of Nelson Mullins. Those resurfacing at Nelson Mullins include five Boston…

Rumor: Baker McKenzie Cuts Associate Salaries

Rumor: Baker McKenzie Cuts Associate Salaries

Tipsters are informing blawgers that Baker & McKenzie has cut salaries between 10% and 25% for some associates. We reported two weeks ago that the firm laid off 124 people.…