Wolf Block is cutting associate pay by 10%, which will go into effect at once. Other firms have frozen salaries for 2009, but Wolf Block appears to be the first…
Minneapolis intellectual-property law firm Merchant & Gould is cutting 33 jobs, or 13% of its work force, citing the economic meltdown. The cuts include two partners, two patent agents, four…
As the economy crashes further into recession, law firms are doing some major renovations. Many partners who have lost their jobs will be scrambling to look for a permanent position.…
Chicago’s Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, a 200-lawyer firm specializing in real estate, litigation and mergers & acquisitions, has cut attorneys following annual performance reviews. The firm this month cut ‘fewer…
Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon has confirmed that the Chicago-based law firm has laid off “approximately” 10 attorneys. About half are non-equity partners and the rest are associates. If anyone…
DLA Piper associates were greeted with this email on Friday: 2008 has indisputably been one of the most challenging economic periods in recent history. DLA Piper, because of its global…
A murder defendant who has been denied legal representation for eight months is suing the head of the Georgia public defender system. “This is surely an unprecedented deprivation of counsel…
Despite calls throughout the nation for state and federal employees to take pay cuts or involuntary furloughs to save tax dollars in the economic meltdown, US Supreme Court Chief Justice…
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