The ABA Journal has confirmed with Dewey & LeBoeuf that the firm laid off 30 administrative staff members today. These layoffs occurred in the firm’s Los Angeles, New York City and Washington, D.C. offices. Dewey & LeBoeuf told The ABA Journal that “these changes are made necessary by an overall reduction in lawyer headcount.” There [...]
Continue reading...5. March 2010
The number of job losses in the legal services industry continued to decline in February, according to the latest report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday. The legal services sector shed 100 jobs last month, a decrease from the 1,100 jobs that were lost in January. During the past 12 months 37,100 [...]
Continue reading...3. March 2010
A U.S. jobs survey indicates 26 percent of law firms expect to increase staff in the second quarter of the year while none are expecting to cut jobs. The response to the first quarterly survey conducted by The Robert Half Professional Employment Report was the highest among all employment sectors. Overall, the survey shows 10 [...]
Continue reading...3. March 2010
The Association of Corporate Counsel’s 10th annual Chief Legal Officer Survey finds that more chief legal officers plan on hiring this year. Don’t take this to mean that economic pressures and budget issues have receded. The additional hiring indicates that the poor economy is forcing chief legal officers to bring more work in-house and spend [...]
Continue reading...3. March 2010
The National Association for Law Placement published new statistics today showing that U.S. Law firms made a median of 7 offers for summer associate positions in 2010. This figure is a decrease from last year when U.S. law firms made a median of 10 offers for summer associate positions. This year’s number of median offers [...]
Continue reading...2. March 2010
A former secretary at Drinker Biddle’s Washington office is suing the firm over an overtime pay dispute. Shawn Havrilla worked worked at the firm between 2006 and 2008. In a complaint filed last week at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia she contends that she was required to work over 40 hours [...]
Continue reading...1. March 2010
According to Am Law Daily’s annual “Diversity Scorecard” the largest 191 U.S. law firms became less diverse in 2009. In the nine previous years the Scorecard has been compiled there have been increases every year, from less than 10% in 2000 to 13.9% in 2008. In 2009 this percentage dropped to 13.4%. Between 2008 and [...]
Continue reading...26. February 2010
A new survey conducted by “Legal Week” finds that lateral partner hiring by U.S. firms in London fell to its lowest level last year since 2004. Hiring trends at 37 of the biggest U.S. and trans-Atlantic firms show that just 59 lateral partner moves were made in 2009. Many firms were reluctant to expand with [...]
Continue reading...19. February 2010
Noel M. Gruber is joining BuckleySandler LLP as Counsel. He is a former attorney of Kennedy & Baris LLP and has represented U.S. institutions on securities, corporate, transactional, and regulatory issues. Co-Chair of BuckleySandler LLC Jeremiah S. Buckley said “Noel is a talented and respected banking lawyer who [...]
Continue reading...12. February 2010
Presiding Judge Tim McCoy, of the Los Angeles Superior Court, has said that the court will lay off 300 people or more in March. The court employs more than 5,500 people and will have a $79 million deficit in 2010. McCoy said the deficit is expected to increase to $130 million. McCoy said that unless [...]
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