Sidley Austin has announced its plans for the class of 2010. Some of the associates will be starting in January of 2011, with the remainder being deferred until January 2012. Yes, that’s a year and a half after graduation. All associates from the class of 2010 will receive health insurance from the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 21, 2009
The government is investigating the health insurance company Humana over a mailer it recently sent out regarding health care reform. In the mailer, the company included some dubious claims that appear to designed to frighten the reader. More specifically, the mailer includes claims that the government wants to cut benefits to seniors [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 21, 2009
Global intellectual property firm Fish & Richardson, which earlier this month laid off 35 lawyers and 85 staff, has rescinded job offers to one-third of its 2009 incoming associate class. One third of the incoming class will start on time, in Fall 2009. Another third will be deferred to 2010. They will get a stipend of $5,000 [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Northwestern University Law School will allow deferred graduates to postpone their monthly student loan payments until they start working. The school is also offering short-term medical insurance to grads. The loan forbearance is also available to alumni who have been laid off. Northwestern has announced volunteer opportunities at its Bluhm Legal Clinic, and has identified other public [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Perkins Coie has cut 12 attorneys and 26 staff. Affected employees have been offered an expanded severance package that includes continuation of health insurance for the rest of the year. If you have any details about layoffs at Perkins Coie, please — send us a confidential tip! Perkins Coie is an international law firm based in Seattle, Washington. [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Chicago’s Schiff Hardin has announced it is taking steps to cut costs, in the hope of avoiding further layoffs. From the memo, signed by managing partner Ronald S. Safer: I know you have read with interest, and undoubtedly some trepidation, the news of law firms slashing personnel, lawyers and staff alike. We have no intention of following that [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 5, 2009
Former Lakin Law Firm attorney Jeffrey Millar of St. Louis is suing the Wood River, Illinois-based firm for unpaid salary, class action fees and punitive damages in excess of $500,000. He claims Brad Lakin and his law firm, now called LakinChapman, breached contract by failing to provide 90 days written notice of his termination, as required [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, January 24, 2009
Fortune Magazine says DC law firm Arnold & Porter is not only the best DC law firm for which to work; it is the 21st best company to work for in the United States. Fortune cited features like Arnold & Porter’s generous paid maternity leave and on-site child care options. It also offers a sliding scale [...]
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