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Morning News Roundup for Tuesday

Morning News Roundup for Tuesday

Good morning! Here are the top stories: Pillsbury, which has delayed start dates for its incoming first year associates to January 2010, is now offering $60,000 to associates willing to…

Akerman Senterfitt Creates Florida’s First Minority Legal Pipeline Program

Akerman Senterfitt Creates Florida’s First Minority Legal Pipeline Program

Akerman Senterfitt has announced a new partnership with the Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University Law School, one of Florida’s oldest historically black universities, to promote diversity in the legal profession.…

Norton Rose Hires Lawyers for Dubai Office

Norton Rose Hires Lawyers for Dubai Office

Norton Rose has brought on two laterals for its Dubai office. Andrew Lewis, formerly of New Zealand’s Simpson Grierson, and Andrew Abernethy of Bell Gully, also in New Zealand, join…

Barlow Lyde & Gilbert Asks Trainees to Defer, Offers Whopping £2,500

Barlow Lyde & Gilbert Asks Trainees to Defer, Offers Whopping £2,500

London’s Barlow Lyde & Gilbert, which recently opened a fifth office in Manchester, has asked half of its September 2009 incoming trainee class to delay joining the firm for six…

Addleshaw Lays Off 85 Staff

Addleshaw Lays Off 85 Staff

Addleshaw Goddard, one of Britain’s largest firms, which announced in February it would cut 19 partners, has now announced the redundancies of 85 staff positions. The layoffs target the firm’s…

Massachusetts Superior Court Fires Clerks Before They Begin

Massachusetts Superior Court Fires Clerks Before They Begin

The Massachusetts Superior Court has informed 25 3Ls they will not be hired after all as court clerks. It appears that the decision to rescind the job offers was made…

Kilpatrick Stockton Brings on Lawyers

Kilpatrick Stockton Brings on Lawyers

Kilpatrick Stockton has hired Edward Henderson, formerly of Canadian law firm Torys LLP, as a partner in the firm’s global construction & infrastructure projects practice in New York. Henderson reps…

DLA Piper Hires Duo From Brown Rudnick

DLA Piper Hires Duo From Brown Rudnick

DLA Piper has added two lawyers to its corporate and finance practices. Donald Borod, former chair of Brown Rudnick’s structured finance group, brings along colleague Jonathan Black. Borod and Black…

Morning News Roundup for Monday

Morning News Roundup for Monday

TGIM! Here are the top stories from the weekend: Last week in law firm layoffs: 274 lawyers, 499 staff Offit Kurman has hired 10 lawyers away from Deckelbaum, Ogens &…

The Week in Law Firm Layoffs

The Week in Law Firm Layoffs

This week in law firm layoffs: Collas Day: 6 staff Matheson Ormsby Prentice: 25 lawyers Pannone LLP: 35 staff Thomson Playford Cutlers: 19 lawyers, 5 staff Fennemore Craig: 7 lawyers,…