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Rumor: Staff Layoffs at Kirkland & Ellis

Rumor: Staff Layoffs at Kirkland & Ellis

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…

Eckert Seamans Picks Up a Dozen Wolf Block Lawyers

Eckert Seamans Picks Up a Dozen Wolf Block Lawyers

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 Lays Off 15 Lawyers, 18 Staff

UK Law Firm LG Lays Off 15 Lawyers, 18 Staff

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.…

Miller Canfield Opens New Mexico Office — That Is, a New Office in Mexico

Miller Canfield Opens New Mexico Office — That Is, a New Office in Mexico

Miller Canfield announced it is launching an office in Monterrey, Mexico, which is that nation’s automotive manufacturing and business center. The office will focus on mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures,…

Attorneys Disappear from Troutman Sanders Website

Attorneys Disappear from Troutman Sanders Website

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 to Lay Off 10 Lawyers, Defer Start Dates

Eversheds to Lay Off 10 Lawyers, Defer Start Dates

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…

Morning News Roundup for Friday

Morning News Roundup for Friday

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 UK Firms to Merge

Three UK Firms to Merge

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…

Update: Wolf Block Chairman to Follow Group to Cozen O’Connor

Update: Wolf Block Chairman to Follow Group to Cozen O’Connor

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 Law Offers Program for Deferred Associates

UCLA Law Offers Program for Deferred Associates

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…