This week, big law firm layoffs are back. Dykema, which according to a JDJournal tipster has laid off at least 20 lawyers and 30 staff, has confirmed that 17 attorneys…
Blake Lapthorn has launched its third redundancy consultation in the past nine months, targeting 33 positions in business services and secretarial at the firm’s UK offices. Lawyers may also be…
Phoenix, Arizona-based law firm Fennemore Craig has announced it cut 17 jobs. Ten staffers were let go this month; and seven attorneys were shown the door this February. The firm…
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…
DLA Piper announced today it is laying off 20 lawyers and 34 staff across its Asian offices, in response to the global economic meltdown. DLA Piper has in recent years…
As predicted, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe is laying off a total of 300 employees. Orrick has begun a firmwide reduction in its workforce in the United States and Asia and…
Stone King Sewell, which employs 200 people across four offices, has made a total of 16 redundancies, including 10 staff from its Bath, UK HQ. Workers have been told the…
The National Law Journal reports that major firms brought on as many new associates in 2008 as they did in 2007, leaving them with many new hires despite the current…
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