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Press Slams Freshfields for Trainee Layoffs [Update 2]

Press Slams Freshfields for Trainee Layoffs [Update 2]

In May, London’s Freshfields announced that only 14 of its class of 48 trainees set to start this Fall would be retained. Now mainstream press sources are faulting Freshfields for…

Maclay Murray & Spens to Keep 4 of 31 Trainees

Maclay Murray & Spens to Keep 4 of 31 Trainees

Maclay Murray & Spens, which in April laid off 38 lawyers and staff, is only keeping on four of its 31 qualifying trainees, according to online sources. It was learned…

Freshfields Will Not Hire 30% of Incoming Trainees

Freshfields Will Not Hire 30% of Incoming Trainees

London’s Freshfields will only hire 70% of its September 2009 trainees. Fourteen of the class of 48 trainees set to start this Fall in London will not be retained. Those…

Morris, Manning & Martin Rescinds Offers, Cancels Summer Program

Morris, Manning & Martin Rescinds Offers, Cancels Summer Program

Atlanta-based Morris, Manning & Martin has rescinded offers to six of its incoming first-year associates, and canceled this year’s summer associate program. The firm will pay the “laid off” first-years…

Sughrue Mion Fires Incoming Associates, Cancels Summer Program

Sughrue Mion Fires Incoming Associates, Cancels Summer Program

Washington DC-based intellectual property firm Sughrue Mion has fired a third of its incoming first year class, and canceled its 2009 summer associate program. The incoming first years received a…