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Over 5,000 Lawyers Laid Off During Past Year

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

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Over 5,000 Lawyers Laid Off During Past Year

A recent survey done of the top 250 law firms in the U.S. shows a loss of over 5,000 lawyers over the past year. 5,259 lawyers, to be exact, were laid off, which amounts to a drop of 4 percent. This is the largest decline ever reported by the National Law Journal, which started collecting information [...]

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Goodwin Procter Says So Long To Second Year Associates

Thursday, November 5, 2009

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Goodwin Procter Says So Long To Second Year Associates

21 second-year associates from Goodwin Procter’s Business Law practice group have been laid off. Most of the layoffs came out of their Boston Office. The firm sent out a memo to employees stating that actions they had taken in response to the “slow economic recovery” were not enough and they claimed that the firm was [...]

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