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DLA Phillips Fox Lays Off 12 Lawyers; CEO Steps Down [Update]

DLA Phillips Fox Lays Off 12 Lawyers; CEO Steps Down [Update]

DLA Phillips Fox, an affiliate of DLA Piper, has cut 12 lawyers from its offices in Australia and New Zealand. In addition, CEO Tony Crawford will step down after 10…

Blake Dawson Lays Off 23 Lawyers, 66 Staff

Blake Dawson Lays Off 23 Lawyers, 66 Staff

Blake Dawson has eliminated 23 lawyers and 66 support staff in the wake of its March review of business. Details have not been released. If you know anything about the…

Top Skadden Partners Head to Kirkland & Ellis

Two key partners at New York’s Skadden have jumped ship to Kirkland & Ellis. David Fox is leaving after more than 20 years with Skadden. He is joined by Daniel…

Morning News Roundup for Friday

Morning News Roundup for Friday

TGIF! This morning’s top stories: A JDJournal tipster informs us that stealth layoffs are underway at Hogan & Hartson… Hunton & Williams has laid off 23 lawyers and 64 staff……

Minter Ellison Lays Off 11 Lawyers, 35 Staff

Minter Ellison Lays Off 11 Lawyers, 35 Staff

Australia’s Minter Ellison has laid off 11 lawyers and 24 support staff from its Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane offices. The redundancies targeted senior and junior associates in the firm’s…

Dechert Snags Chadbourne & Parke Partners to Found Moscow Office [Update]

Dechert Snags Chadbourne & Parke Partners to Found Moscow Office [Update]

Dechert announced today that it has lured away from Chadbourne & Parke five partners to found a Moscow office. The team is headed by Chadbourne’s Laura Brank, formerly the firm’s…

Kilpatrick Stockton Hires Day Pitney IP Group

Kilpatrick Stockton Hires Day Pitney IP Group

Kilpatrick Stockton, which in April laid off 24 lawyers and endured the resulting tragedy, has hired a group of three intellectual property lawyers from Day Pitney. Stephen Feingold, Marc Lieberstein,…

Confirmed: Skadden Gets O’Melveny’s Beisner & Team [UPDATE]

Confirmed: Skadden Gets O’Melveny’s Beisner & Team [UPDATE]

Blawgs are reporting that Skadden has lured over prominent attorney John Beisner and two others from O’Melveny & Myers. Beisner is the chair of O’Melveny’s Class Actions, Mass Torts, and…

Foley & Lardner Hires Three Lawyers

Foley & Lardner Hires Three Lawyers

Foley & Lardner has hired three new partners. Robert Huey, formerly of Hunton & Williams, will join in Washington DC. He handles international transaction and securities work. Two former Katten…

Gleiss Lutz Opens New Office with Baker & McKenzie Partner

Gleiss Lutz Opens New Office with Baker & McKenzie Partner

Germany’s Gleiss Lutz will launch a new Dusseldorf office in August, headed by corporate partner Thomas Menke, last of Baker & McKenzie. Menke handles international mergers & acquisitions and real…