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AmLaw: Cadwalader Still #1 for Layoffs

AmLaw: Cadwalader Still #1 for Layoffs

The American Lawyer has updated its list of AmLaw 200 law firms by percentage layoffs since January, 2008. More than 3,067 attorney jobs have been cut, or 2.75%. Here are…

Quarles & Brady Cancels 2010 Summer Associate Program

Quarles & Brady Cancels 2010 Summer Associate Program

Milwaukee’s Quarles & Brady has “suspended” its 2010 Summer Associate Program, citing its commitment to hire its new 2009 associates class, which has been deferred to January 2010. Quarles &…

50 Best Law Firms for Women Announced

50 Best Law Firms for Women Announced

Working Mother Magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers have announced their 2009 Best Law Firms for Women. The accolade is awarded based on attention to work-life and women’s issues, and the increased…

Dorsey & Whitney Cancels Most 2010 Summer Programs

Dorsey & Whitney Cancels Most 2010 Summer Programs

Dorsey & Whitney, which in June laid off 55 staff members and cut associate salaries, has canceled its 2010 Summer Associate programs, except at the firm’s Minneapolis, Minnesota headquarters. The…

Gilbert Oshinsky Lays Off 4 Lawyers, 9 Staff

Gilbert Oshinsky Lays Off 4 Lawyers, 9 Staff

Blawgs are now reporting that in June, Gilbert Oshinsky laid off four attorneys and nine staff. The staffers included five senior secretaries, two administrative employees, an IT professional, and —…

Hancock & Estabrook Hires Associates

Hancock & Estabrook Hires Associates

The Syracuse, New York firm of Hancock & Estabrook has hired three new associates. Meghan S. Gaffey joins the firm’s corporate and health care practice. She previously interned for the…

Morning News Roundup for Tuesday

Morning News Roundup for Tuesday

Good morning! Happy birthday to one-time lawyer Claus von Bülow! Here are the top stories: The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the US legal services industry lost another 2,700…

Connecticut AG Shuts Down ‘Illegal’ Law Firm

Connecticut AG Shuts Down ‘Illegal’ Law Firm

Connecticut’s Democratic Attorney General, Richard Blumenthal, is shutting down the Nationwide Home Relief Law Group, an “illegal” law firm Blumenthal says bilked 200 Connecticuters of more than $750,000. Blumenthal says…

Paul Hastings Hires IP Team from Skadden

Paul Hastings Hires IP Team from Skadden

Paul Hastings has hired a team of three IP attorneys from Skadden. Jeff Randall joins Paul Hastings’ Palo Alto and Washington DC offices, as co-chair of the firm’s Global Intellectual…

Kepple Morgan Merges with Cole-Chu & Cipparone

Kepple Morgan Merges with Cole-Chu & Cipparone

Stonington, Connecticut’s Kepple Morgan & Avena has merged with New London’s Cole-Chu & Cipparone, creating the most unwieldy law firm name ever: Kepple, Cole-Chu, Cipparone, Avena & Zaccaro. Nick Kepple…