Global intellectual property firm Fish & Richardson, which earlier this month laid off 35 lawyers and 85 staff, has rescinded job offers to one-third of its 2009 incoming associate class. One third of the incoming class will start on time, in Fall 2009. Another third will be deferred to 2010. They will get a stipend of $5,000 [...]
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In what is undoubtedly going to be a major trend, Frisco law firm Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold is the first prominent firm to announce that it has entirely canceled new associate hires for 2010. The firm says it simply cannot predict if it will need any new associates. It intends to skip only the one [...]
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
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