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Milbank Lays Off 49 Associates, 40 Staff [Update 2]

Milbank Lays Off 49 Associates, 40 Staff [Update 2]

New York City-based Milbank has laid off 49 associates and 40 staff. The layoffs took place across the firm, but the corporate practice was especially hard hit. If you have…

Morning News Roundup for Saturday

Morning News Roundup for Saturday

Good morning! Here are the weekend’s top stories: Florida’s Ruden McClosky has laid off two lawyers and at least 18 secretaries and paralegals… Four partners at Clifford Chance’s New York…

Chester Willcox Partners to Form New Firm

Chester Willcox Partners to Form New Firm

Columbus, Ohio-based lawyers J. Richard Emens and Beatrice Wolper, until recently partners at Chester Willcox & Saxbe, are founding their own family business law firm. Emens & Wolper was launched…

Greenberg Traurig Lawyer Founds Autism Lobbying Group

Greenberg Traurig Lawyer Founds Autism Lobbying Group

Gretchen Jacobs has left the Phoenix office of Greenberg Traurig, to set up her own autism lobbying group. Jacobs has an autistic daughter, and has been widely noted for her…

Bourland Heflin Brings On Partners

Bourland Heflin Brings On Partners

Memphis, Tennessee’s Bourland Heflin has added hired on two new partners. David Rudolph practices labor & employment and commercial litigation. He was most recently a shareholder at Ogletree. Scott Peatross…

Sidley Austin Announces ‘Pro Bono Assistance Program’

Sidley Austin Announces ‘Pro Bono Assistance Program’

Sidley Austin is offering its incoming associates an optional deferral plan. The “Pro Bono Assistance Program” offers a $75,000 stipend to associates who defer to January 2011, and do public…

McDonough Lays Off 4 Lawyers, 13 Staff

McDonough Lays Off 4 Lawyers, 13 Staff

Sacramento, California’s McDonough Holland & Allen has laid off four attorneys and 13 staff, and 18% cut in workforce. Most of those affected were at the firm’s Sacramento HQ; the…

Simmons & Simmons to Outsource Legal Work

Simmons & Simmons to Outsource Legal Work

Simmons & Simmons plans to use external lawyers for litigation and corporate due diligence work. The firm seeks to outsource legal work to qualified lawyers, unlike other firms that outsource…

Clifford Chance Partners Quit to Form New Firm

Clifford Chance Partners Quit to Form New Firm

Four partners at Clifford Chance’s New York office have left to found their own firm. Peter Chaffetz, David Lindsey, Charlie Scibetta and James Hosking have announced the formation of boutique…

Former State Labor Lawyers Found New Firm

Former State Labor Lawyers Found New Firm

Rachel Folberg and Miles Locker, two former California state labor lawyers, have announced the founding of their own San Francisco law firm, Locker Folberg. Both lawyers were formerly with the…