This week in law firm layoffs: Schulte Roth & Zabelz; 20 lawyers Duval & Stachenfeld: undisclosed lawyers Schnader Harrison: 8 lawyers, undisclosed staff Clifford Chance: 20 staff Kirkland & Ellis:…
Washington DC’s Howrey has laid off 25 secretarial staffers. Cuts came in all offices except Palo Alto and New York. Those affected are getting severance packages, health care assistance and…
Many law firms are using the economic meltdown as an excuse to end seniority-based pay for associates, adopting “merit-based” systems similar to those used outside the legal profession. Examples in…
Trial firm McKool Smith has expanded its New York-based international white-collar group with two new partners, both from the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Thomas…
On the ParalegalProfs blog, a report on law firms that outsource work to India: As outsourcing becomes more commonplace and corporate counsel and law firms are under increasing pressure to…
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