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Porter Wright Expands Corporate Practice

Porter Wright Expands Corporate Practice

Porter Wright has hired on two partners for its corporate practice in Cincinnati. T. Stephen Phillips joins from Frost Brown Todd. He has taught Federal Estate & Gift Taxation and…

Foley & Lardner Brings on New Partners

Foley & Lardner Brings on New Partners

Foley & Lardner announced two new hires this week. Jeffrey Thrope joins in New York from Manatt Phelps & Phillips as a partner in the firm’s health care practice. He…

Morning News Roundup for Saturday

Morning News Roundup for Saturday

Good morning! Here are the top stories: Cravath is offering its 2009 associate class a voluntary deferral option; also, the entire 2010 associate class will be deferred to Fall 2011……

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Okays Deferred Associates as Interns

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Okays Deferred Associates as Interns

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s Committee on Judicial Ethics has signed off on a proposal that would allow deferred law-firm associates to work for the Trial Court as “volunteer interns,”…

Tipster: Stealth Layoffs at Sughrue Mion

A JDJournal tipster says he or she is the latest victim of stealth layoffs at intellectual property firm Sughrue Mion: I am, perhaps, the latest casualty of Sughrue. It is…

Alameda County, California to Cut 29 Attorneys

Alameda County, California to Cut 29 Attorneys

Alameda County, California’s new budget calls for layoffs and program cuts to close a $178 million funding deficit, including cutting 14 attorney positions in the District Attorney’s Office and 15…

Chicago’s Cozen O’Connor is Recruiting

Chicago’s Cozen O’Connor is Recruiting

The Chicago office of Philadelphia’s Cozen O’Connor is recruiting, seeking to double its attorney workforce. Next year the office will move into a new, much larger space vacated by Skadden.…

Frost Brown Todd Cuts Incoming Associate Salaries

Frost Brown Todd Cuts Incoming Associate Salaries

Incoming associates at Cincinnati’s Frost Brown Todd will get a lower salary, although specific numbers have not been released. In addition, the new associates will spend their first 1,000 hours…

Pillsbury Cuts Associate Pay [Update]

Pillsbury Cuts Associate Pay [Update]

Pillsbury, which offered associates $60,000 to leave the firm, is imposing associate salary reductions based on hours. Salaries are being cut between 10% 5% and 20%, depending on how many…

Cravath Defers 2010 Associate Class to 2011; Offers Sweet Deferal Option to 2009ers

Cravath Defers 2010 Associate Class to 2011; Offers Sweet Deferal Option to 2009ers

Cravath, which in March deferred its 150-member incoming associate class to October or November 2009 or January 2010, has some more deferring to do. First: the 2009 class is being…