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Corrs Defers Recruits, Freezes Salaries

Corrs Defers Recruits, Freezes Salaries

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 Cuts 19 Lawyers, 5 Staff

Thomson Playford Cuts 19 Lawyers, 5 Staff

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…

DLA Phillips Fox Lays Off 12 Lawyers; CEO Steps Down [Update]

DLA Phillips Fox Lays Off 12 Lawyers; CEO Steps Down [Update]

DLA Phillips Fox, an affiliate of DLA Piper, has cut 12 lawyers from its offices in Australia and New Zealand. In addition, CEO Tony Crawford will step down after 10…

Blake Dawson Lays Off 23 Lawyers, 66 Staff

Blake Dawson Lays Off 23 Lawyers, 66 Staff

Blake Dawson has eliminated 23 lawyers and 66 support staff in the wake of its March review of business. Details have not been released. If you know anything about the…

Minter Ellison Lays Off 11 Lawyers, 35 Staff

Minter Ellison Lays Off 11 Lawyers, 35 Staff

Australia’s Minter Ellison has laid off 11 lawyers and 24 support staff from its Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane offices. The redundancies targeted senior and junior associates in the firm’s…

Allens Arthur Robinson Freezes Pay, Offers Voluntary Redundancies

Allens Arthur Robinson Freezes Pay, Offers Voluntary Redundancies

Allens Arthur Robinson will institute pay freezes July 1st, and is offering up to one year’s pay to lawyers who take voluntary redundancies. The amount paid out for those who…

Christensen Vaughan to Merge with Gadens Lawyers

Christensen Vaughan to Merge with Gadens Lawyers

Perth, Australia law firm Christensen Vaughan will merge with national firm Gadens Lawyers, to form an expanded commercial legal practice in Western Australia. The combined practice will have six partners…

Blake Dawson Layoffs Tomorrow

Blake Dawson Layoffs Tomorrow

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…

Texas Lawyer and Bush Ally Considering Democratic Run for Governor

Texas Lawyer and Bush Ally Considering Democratic Run for Governor

Fort Worth-based lawyer Tom Schieffer said on Monday he is exploring whether the Texas Democratic Party would back him in a 2010 run for governor of the Lone Star State.…

Slater & Gordon Sees Double-Digit Net Profit Increase

Slater & Gordon Sees Double-Digit Net Profit Increase

Australia’s Slater & Gordon, the world’s first publicly traded law firm, reported a 22.4% increase in net profit for the six months leading up to December 31st 2008. The 160-lawyer…

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