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Rumor: Curtis Lays Off Corporate Associates

Thursday, August 20, 2009

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Rumor: Curtis Lays Off Corporate Associates

Blawgs are reporting that Curtis held layoffs this week, targeting up to 15% of its corporate associates. Those targeted are said to be expected to work for the next ten weeks. The firm, which hired five German lawyers in May, has neither confirmed nor denied the rumor. If you know anything about layoffs at Curtis, please — [...]

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Incoming Skadden Associates Get Litigation Rotation

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

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Incoming Skadden Associates Get Litigation Rotation

Skadden, which on Friday laid off an undisclosed number of staff attorneys and 50 support staffers, is introducing a litigation program for its incoming class. From the memo: … To address this issue, the relative underutilization of first year corporate associates, and with the firm belief that first year legal work should serve to set the groundwork [...]

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