Blake Lapthorn has laid off 20 people in its second redundancy consultation. The firm, which laid off 33 people at the end of last year, launched this redundancy consultation with…
London’ Simmons & Simmons is freezing associate pay starting May 1st. The firm is creating a special bonus pool to reward top performers. The City firm has not yet decided…
Manchester, UK’s Halliwells has launched a fourth redundancy consultation, with up to 30 jobs under threat. The firm’s entire 39-member 2009 trainee class has been deferred. Half will start in…
Edinburgh’s Dundas & Wilson, Scotland’s largest law firm, will cut up to 50 jobs across its three offices as work dries up in the economic meltdown. Dundas & Wilson, which…
Blake Dawson will announce redundancies tomorrow, Friday the 13th, with “less than 100″ people affected. The firm says the cuts are all related to the global economic meltdown. This will…
Two top California law schools have created a DC internship program to expose law students to the intricacies of law- and policy-making. The for-credit UCDC Law Program brings students to…
London’s Allen & Overy will only retain 70% of its trainees for September 2009 and March 2010. The Magic Circle firm has not made a final decision about the retention…
Burges Salmon has announced a redundancy consultation that could see 18 lawyers lose their jobs. The firm has also launched a review of its business support function, and has frozen…
Nixon Peabody has launched a new 23-lawyer South Asia practice. The practice will advise the firm’s South Asian clients on banking & capital markets, mergers & acquisitions, the Foreign Corrupt…
The law firms of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP and Watson & Band announced an alliance to best serve those clients of either firm having business matters between the United…
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