According to rumors repeated by reliable blawgs, Kirkland & Ellis is laying off an undisclosed number of support staff today. It is said no lawyers will be affected. All laid…
The Harrisburg, Pennsylvania office of Pittsburgh’s Eckert Seamans has hired 12 lawyers from the defunct Wolf Block’s Harrisburg office. The combined Harrisburg office will house 36 attorneys. Eckert and Wolf…
UK law firm LG, which seems to have misplaced the rest of its name, has laid off 15 lawyers and 18 staff, four short of the 37 targeted for redundancy.…
In March, Atlanta’s Troutman Sanders said layoffs were likely. Now legal industry news sites have noticed that 28 names have mysteriously disappeared from the firm’s roster of attorneys on its…
Eversheds has launched a redundancy consultation targeting 10 lawyers in its real estate practice. The firm may find new positions within Eversheds for some of those affected. Eversheds has laid…
Thank God It’s Friday! Or, if you’re an atheist, Thank the Big Bang It’s Friday! Connecticut’s Robinson & Cole is cutting all associate and counsel salaries by $10,000… Atlanta’s Constangy,…
Three Lancashire, UK law firms are merging to create the new firm Blackhurst Budd LLP, which will be the largest law firm in western Lancashire’s The Fylde. Senior partners of…
Former chairperson Mark Alderman will follow 65 fellow Wolf Block refugees to Cozen O’Connor. Apparently you can run your firm into the ground and still get a new job —…
UCLA School of Law has announced its Transition to Practice LL.M. Program, which will allow deferred associates to take an extra year of classes that would duplicate the skills learned…
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