Drinker Biddle will allow its 36 incoming associates to start on time in September; but their salaries will be reduced, and they will enter a training program rather than jumping…
Four former LakinChapman attorneys have left to found a new firm in Alton, Illinois, called Armbruster, Dripps, Winterscheidt & Blotevogel. The firm will will represent plaintiffs in personal injury cases.…
Good morning! Here are the top stories: Last week in law firm layoffs: 274 lawyers, 160 staff, 40 undisclosed A tipster informs us that Texas’ Brown McCarroll laid off a…
Most offices of London’s Norton Rose have approved a flexible hours scheme first announced in March. The firm hopes to avoid redundancies by reducing hours. The scheme has been approved…
London’s CMS Cameron McKenna has announced a redundancy consultation at its headquarters, targeting 80 jobs. Twenty fee earners and 60 non-fee earners may be laid off. Other personnel are being…
Shoosmiths, which in April asked its 2009 trainees to withdraw from their contract, or defer until 2011, without any financial compensation, has today announced a redundancy consultation targeting 69 jobs.…
A tipster informs us that Texas’ Brown McCarroll has laid off a “significant number” of attorneys and staff in its Austin, Dallas and Houston offices. From the tipster (edited for…
This week in law firm layoffs: McDonough Holland & Allen: 4 lawyers, 13 staff Ruden McClosky: 2 lawyers, 18 staff Thompson & Knight: 17 lawyers, 25 staff Berwin Leighton Paisner:…
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