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Keddies Lays Off 40 Lawyers & Staff

Keddies Lays Off 40 Lawyers & Staff

Keddies Lawyers has been conducting stealth layoffs, with some 40 firm employees, both lawyers and staff, shown the door. The latest redundancies went into effect last week. If you have…

Diaz Reus & Targ Launches in Shanghai

Diaz Reus & Targ Launches in Shanghai

Diaz Reus & Targ has launched a new office in Shanghai, China. Firm partners Robert Q. Lee and Adam Ehrlich will manage the office. They are joined by associates Federico…

Rumor: Cahill Gordon Lays Off Associates

Rumor: Cahill Gordon Lays Off Associates

According to online sources, former Am Law 100 firm Cahill Gordon laid off an undisclosed number of associates last week, with second-years particularly targeted. Those laid off have been offered…

Seyfarth Shaw Hires for Atlanta Office

Seyfarth Shaw Hires for Atlanta Office

Seyfarth Shaw, which last week brought on a new team of corporate and technology partners from Alston & Bird, is expanding its Atlanta office with lawyers poached from Troutman Sanders.…

Bingham McCutchen to Merge with McKee Nelson

Bingham McCutchen to Merge with McKee Nelson

Bingham McCutchen will merge with McKee Nelson on August 1st, operating under the Bingham McCutchen name. The new firm will have over $900 million in expected combined revenue, and more…

Ropes & Gray Defers 2009 Summer Associates to 2011

Ropes & Gray Defers 2009 Summer Associates to 2011

Boston-based Ropes & Gray, which in March deferred its 2009 associate class, is deferring its current summer associates to “no earlier than January 2011.” It is encouraging those deferred to…

Morning News Roundup for Monday

Morning News Roundup for Monday

Good morning! Here are the top stories: This week in law firm layoffs: 49 lawyers, 11 staff, 175 undisclosed… A JDJournal tipster tells us that Mishcon de Reya has begun…

Winstead Lays Off 20 Employees

Winstead Lays Off 20 Employees

Winstead, which in April canceled its 2009 summer associate program, has let go 20 employees, according to the Dallas Morning News. No additional information, such as whether lawyers were affected,…

Tipster: Mishcon de Reya to Cut Up to 12

A JDJournal tipster tells us that the UK’s Mishcon de Reya, which in January cut two partners and 15 staff, has begun another round of redundancies, targeting 10 to 12…

The Week in Law Firm Layoffs

The Week in Law Firm Layoffs

This week in law firm layoffs: Ruden McClosky: 8 lawyers Allens Arthur Robinson: 114 undisclosed Weil, Gotshal & Manges: 16 lawyers, 11 staff Barlow Lyde & Gilbert: 49 undisclosed Taylor…