White & Case has announced that Summer 2009 associates who are offered positions with the firm will not start until Fall 2011. The firm expects to offer jobs to most…
Weil, Gotshal & Manges announced in March that it was deferring its incoming associates’ start dates to January 2010, and is asking new hires to voluntarily wait until 2011. Today…
Pillsbury, which has delayed start dates for its incoming first year associates to January 2010, is now offering $60,000 to associates willing to forget about working at the firm. Other…
A JDJournal tipster informs us that Holme Roberts & Owen laid off between 10 and 15 associates in mid-April. According to the tipster: Several first year and second year associates…
Anglo-German law firm Taylor Wessing is asking for voluntary deferrals from its September 2009 and September 2010 incoming associate classes. The 750-attorney firm will pay a stipend of £7,500 ($10,872).…
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney has announced that start dates for first-year associates will be deferred from September 2009 to February 2010. There will be an undisclosed deferral stipend. The firm…
Eversheds has launched a redundancy consultation targeting 10 lawyers in its real estate practice. The firm may find new positions within Eversheds for some of those affected. Eversheds has laid…
British law firm Shoosmiths has asked its 2009 trainees to withdraw from their contract, or defer until 2011, without any offer of financial compensation. The firm wants volunteers to defer…
Fried Frank laid off 99 employees, lawyers and staff, today. Effective today, we are implementing changes that will result in an overall reduction of 41 associates and 58 administrative staff…
Faced with taking in only half its incoming class this year while cutting costs, Scotland’s McClure Naismith pulled the names of the lucky solicitors out of a hat. Literally. McClure…
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