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Dechert CEO Gives Himself $1 Million Pay Cut [Update]

Dechert CEO Gives Himself $1 Million Pay Cut [Update]

Dechert LLP chairman and CEO Barton Winokur announced that he has taken a $1 million pay cut. Winokur revealed the self-imposed pay cut, in fact a reduction in his draw…

Morning News Roundup for Wednesday

Morning News Roundup for Wednesday

Good morning! Here’s what’s up: Dechert LLP chairman and CEO Barton Winokur has taken a $1 million pay cut… Online sources say that New York’s Willkie Farr has been conducting…

Day Pitney Lays Off 20 Lawyers, Defers Associates

Day Pitney, which laid off 66 staff members across it offices in February, today announced that 20 lawyers have been laid off, and incoming associates will be deferred to January…

AG Holder Announces Recovery Act Grants to Create Justice Jobs

AG Holder Announces Recovery Act Grants to Create Justice Jobs

US Attorney General Eric Holder today announced that more than $424 million in Recovery Act funds will go to 20 states, territories and the District of Columbia, to create and…

Hildebrandt: Demand for Legal Services Down 8%

Hildebrandt: Demand for Legal Services Down 8%

According to the Hildebrandt International Peer Monitor Index, demand for legal services dropped by more than 8% compared to Q1 2008, dropping sharply in January and February but flattening in…

Wayne Law Announces Public Interest Fellowships

Wayne Law Announces Public Interest Fellowships

Wayne State University Law School has established the Public Interest Law Fellowships program, which this summer is providing $6,000 each to 10 students to intern at agencies and clinics in…

Rumor: Stealth Layoffs at Willkie Farr

Rumor: Stealth Layoffs at Willkie Farr

The blawgosphere is abuzz with rumors that Willkie Farr has been conducting stealth layoffs, and that a big round of public layoffs, affecting 10% of the workforce, may be on…

Morning News Roundup for Tuesday

Morning News Roundup for Tuesday

Good morning! Here’s the news: Four LakinChapman attorneys have left to found a new firm called Armbruster, Dripps, Winterscheidt & Blotevogel… Blawgs are reporting that Skadden has lured over prominent…

Foley & Lardner Bankruptcy Team Leaves to Found New Firm

Foley & Lardner Bankruptcy Team Leaves to Found New Firm

Two Foley & Lardner attorneys have jumped ship to found a new Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan-based firm, Harrington, Dragich & O’Neill. Judy O’Neill and David Dragich join James Harrington to…

Greenberg Traurig Hires Three for L.A.

Greenberg Traurig Hires Three for L.A.

Greenberg Traurig LLP has added three new hires to its Los Angeles office. Allan J. Abshez joins as shareholder in the Environmental and Land Development Practice groups, where he will…