Unemployment is hovering at just over 10%, some states have seen home foreclosure rates as high as 25%, the economy continues to shed jobs, law firms are slashing salaries, retail…
Seyfarth Shaw is letting go of approximately 40 people, 20 lawyers and 20 staff. It’s been rough over at Seyfarth over the past year and they’ve taken several steps to…
Employment law firm Ogletree Deakins has opened an office in Las Vegas, Nevada, with the help of six new attorneys. Tony Martin, who will head up the office, along with…
Good morning! Today is Friday, January 15, and here’s a look at yesterday top stories… A study from Altman Weil predicts biglaw billing rates will rise this year… The former…
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), which provides retirement, health, and other financial programs to more than 1.6 million public employees, retirees, and their families and more than 3,000…
A survey conducted by Altman Weil projects U.S. law firms will raise billing rates by an average of 3.2 percent in 2010. The study polled 688 U.S. law firms that…
Howard Schweitzer, former Chief Operating Officer of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, has joined Cozen O’Connor in the firm’s Washington DC office. Schweitzer spend 12 years prior to working for…
White & Case, one of six international firms awarded a license to practice in Singapore at the end of 2008, is launching an arbitration practice in its Singapore office. The…
The lockstep march away from lockstep compensation continues unabated as 2010 gets into full swing. The latest firm to join the thundering herd is Dickstein Shapiro, which will initiate a…
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