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The Week in Law Firm Layoffs

The Week in Law Firm Layoffs

Last week in law firm layoffs: Fish & Richardson: undisclosed lawyers Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle: undisclosed lawyers Ogier: 17 undisclosed Total: How can we have a total? Nobody’s offering…

Loeb & Loeb Cancels NY Summer Program

Loeb & Loeb Cancels NY Summer Program

Loeb & Loeb, which laid off four corporate lawyers in July, has “suspended” its Summer associates program at its New York office. No program will be held in 2010, nor…

Morning News Roundup for Monday

Morning News Roundup for Monday

Good morning! Here are the top stories: McCann Fitzgerald has deferred some of its trainees’ start dates by two years… Eckert Seamans has canceled its 2010 Summer associates program; and…

Tipster: Fish & Richardson Lays Off Corporate Lawyers [Update]

Tipster: Fish & Richardson Lays Off Corporate Lawyers [Update]

According to a JDJournal tipster, intellectual property firm Fish & Richardson, which in January laid off 30 staff members across its eight US offices, “laid off its entire corporate section…

K&L Gates Brings on Partners

K&L Gates Brings on Partners

Charles D. Holland joins K&L Gates from Morrison & Foerster as a partner in the Palo Alto office. He focuses on intellectual property matters. He has extensive experience in patent…

Dinsmore & Shohl Merges with Woodward Hobson & Fulton

Dinsmore & Shohl Merges with Woodward Hobson & Fulton

Cincinnati’s Dinsmore & Shohl and Louisville’s Woodward, Hobson & Fulton have merged, and will operate as Dinsmore & Shohl starting in September. Founded in 1917, Woodward is a large corporate,…

Laid Off Laywers Sue Clifford Chance

Laid Off Laywers Sue Clifford Chance

Two non-equity partners laid off from the Düsseldorf, Germany office of Clifford Chance are suing the firm over their termination. The partners were fired as shareholders, but claim they were…

Howard Rice Cancels 2010 Summer Program

Howard Rice Cancels 2010 Summer Program

San Francisco’s Howard Rice, which cut all associate salaries by 10% in June, is taking a one year break from its Summer associates program for 2010, despite an increase in…

Eckert Seamans Cancels 2010 Summer Program

Eckert Seamans Cancels 2010 Summer Program

Eckert Seamans, which laid off 90 temporary attorneys in July, has canceled its 2010 Summer associates program. Other than a terse announcement on its website, the firm has made no…

McCann Fitzgerald Defers Its Deferred Associates Again — to 2011

McCann Fitzgerald Defers Its Deferred Associates Again — to 2011

McCann Fitzgerald, which in May cut 25 employees through a voluntary redundancy program, has deferred some of its trainees’ start dates by two years. New trainees had already been informed…