Hinshaw & Culbertson, a Chicago-based firm with about 490 attorneys, cut 11 attorneys and 17 staff members last week in an effort to trim costs amid the economic meltdown. The firm, which has nine of its 26 offices in Illinois, made the reductions across all offices and the dismissals weren’t concentrated in any particular practice areas, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 19, 2009
The same day that Italy’s Fiat announced it may acquire a stake in Chrysler LLC, 30 out of 40 in-house Chrysler attorneys have accepted took a buyout package in the corporate transactional department, located in Auburn Hills, Michigan. If you know anything about this story, please send us a tip. We’ll keep updating this post as the [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 6, 2008
I have been a recruiter for nine years now and I think this is one of the craziest weeks I have ever seen. The drama of layoffs; a leading attorney arrested for possible embezzlement and impersonation; holiday parties cancelled, bonuses cancelled — the news just keeps getting worse and worse. Law schools are also starting to [...]
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Friday, February 6, 2009
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