Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, February 26, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s news… A judge ordered the shutdown of debt settlement firm Allegro Law LLC… Motley Rice LLC and Burke PLLC have joined forces to pursue claims for clients in the Kellogg, Brown, and Root, Inc., Burn Pit multidistrict litigation… Jeff Roberts joins Gibson, [...]
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Reed Hundt, FCC Chairman from 1993 to 1997, announced at a panel on the regulatory process at a Yale Law School Alumni function that he is joining Skadden. The announcement came after the moderator introduced him as a senior adviser to McKinsey & Company. No news yet on which office or practice group(s) [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 18, 2009
Addleshaw Goddard, one of Britain’s largest firms, which announced in February it would cut 19 partners, has now announced the redundancies of 85 staff positions. The layoffs target the firm’s Manchester office, and affect the business services division, including business development, human resources, information technology, finance, and secretarial. No lawyers are being let go at this time, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 24, 2009
Allen & Overy plans to outsource more of its “back office” work, particularly due diligence and litigation discovery, to other firms. The Magic Circle firm already outsources information technology and document production to outside companies. In February the firm announced a massive redundancy consultation targeting 450 jobs. They have also frozen pay and billing rates at 2008 [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Clifford Chance has announced further cuts to its London office, with the Magic Circle firm set to make up to 115 business support staff redundant. The firm started reviewing its 1,200 strong London business support staff earlier this year, with details emerging today that between 105 and 115 positions will be cut. The job cuts, which come [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 2, 2009
Layoffs of legal support staffers have pushed the staffing ratios at some law firms to one support staffer for every four lawyers. The layoffs are forcing associates to take on more legal research and other tasks once handled by paralegals and law librarians. David Sturgess, managing partner of Updike, Kelly & Spellacy in Hartford, said his firm [...]
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Friday, February 26, 2010
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