According to sources, Clifford Chance has lost almost 50 partners since March of this year, most from New York City and the London headquarters office. Eighteen partners have left the…
Becker & Poliakoff has launched a new office in Red Bank, New Jersey. Robert I. Rabinowitz will be managing partner of the new office. He is part of the firm’s…
Ohio’s Shumaker Loop & Kendrick is launching a Sarasota, Florida office in August. The new location will be staffed by 29 attorneys and 40 staff members from Sarasota’s now-defunct Abel…
Chicago-based intellectual property boutique Hallihan IP Partners, founded by William J. Hallihan this Spring, has brought on two veteran attorneys. Gregory S. Umberson, MD joins from Ericsson, where he worked…
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana has launched a class action lawsuit against the Indiana Board of Law Examiners, alleging that investigating the mental health history of law license…
San Francisco’s Orrick, which laid off 300 employees in March, has informed its 2009 summers associates that any job offers will not start until January 2012. Those offered positions will…
Good morning! Here are the top stories: DLA Piper confirms that it laid off 21 lawyers and 100 staff yesterday… Dewey & LeBoeuf has lured away a team of top…
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge has hired on two private equity and venture capital partners. Richard Kimball joins as partner from Nutter McClennen & Fish, to chair Edwards Angell’s emerging…
Recent laterals and layoffs in the legal sector: Marshall Stoddard joins Dewey & LeBoeuf from Mayer Brown, where he was chair of the global finance practice. He will be the…
Chicago’s Baker & McKenzie, which in April laid off 124 employees, announced today it is laying off 11% of its lawyers and staff in China. The firm has released no…
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