Good morning everyone! It’s Tuesday, December 15, and here’s a snapshot of yesterday’s news… Loeb & Loeb is opening in Washington… The Supreme Court will review a government employee’s right…
A new survey of Australian law firm partners shows plummeting incomes and soaring stress levels. Mahlab Recruitment reports that partner salaries are down by over 5% in Sydney, and 4%…
Commercial law firm Mallesons will begin a redundancy consultation in August, targeting 5% of the firm’s workforce. The redundancies are being characterized as voluntary, and will affect 100 lawyers and…
Keddies Lawyers has been conducting stealth layoffs, with some 40 firm employees, both lawyers and staff, shown the door. The latest redundancies went into effect last week. If you have…
Allens Arthur Robinson, which in April offered up to one year’s pay to lawyers who take voluntary redundancies, has seen 114 employees take up the offer and leave the firm.…
Deacons Australia will join the Norton Rose Group. The decision follows successful votes by the respective partnerships yesterday. The new international legal practice will be called Norton Rose Group, and…
Melbourne, Australia’s Hall & Wilcox apparently has not heard that major law firms are shedding lawyers and freezing or cutting pay. The full-service commercial firm, which had its annual meeting…
Australian Attorney-General Robert McClelland will provide AUD $40,000 ($32,500) to the National Pro Bono Resource Centre, to create paying work for unemployed lawyers, and for employed lawyers who need pro…
Corrs has delayed the start dates for its 2009 recruits, paying stipends of US$1,740 each. In March, the firm implemented a firm-wide salary freeze. There may be individual exceptions, and…
Thomson Playford has laid off 19 lawyers and five staff in its Sydney and Adelaide, Australia offices. Thomson Playford Cutlers is a full service commercial law firm with offices in…
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