British blawgs are reporting that Linklaters wants to avoid legal action from a former employee let go during a massive redundancy consultation that targeted 400. The firm confirmed that it…
Ohama, Nebraska’s Kutak Rock has launched an office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and brought on a former Wolf Block attorney to run it. Jeffrey Blumenfeld joins as of counsel. He spent…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that the US legal services industry lost another 2,700 jobs in July, a 0.23% drop. The industry employs 1.13 million lawyers and staff.…
Good morning! Here are the top stories: Last week in law firm layoffs: 22 lawyers, 33 staff A JDJournal tipster reports that King & Spalding is converting 50 associates into…
The McCarthy Law Firm has announced the addition of attorneys Sabrina A. Davis and Edina AT Strum. Strum has been practicing law for seven years, with a focus on family…
McKenna Long & Aldridge has hired on four public finance attorneys for its corporate practice in Atlanta. Earle Taylor joins as a partner, and head of the firm’s Public Finance…
This week in law firm layoffs: Akerman Senterfitt: 5 lawyers USC Gould School of Law: undisclosed Fulbright & Jaworski: 33 staff Mintz Levin: 15 lawyers, undisclosed staff HBJ Gately Wareing:…
A JDJournal tipster informs us that Atlanta’s King & Spalding, which laid off 37 lawyers and 85 staff in March, is “converting a significant number of associates to staff attorneys.”…
Good morning! Here are the top stories: Online legal recruiter A. Harrison Barnes is suing Robert E. Kinney of Kinney Recruiting, and other defendants, for anonymously maligning Barnes and his…
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