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According to a JDJournal tipster, intellectual property firm Fish & Richardson, which in January laid off 30 staff members across its eight US offices, “laid off its entire corporate section on Wednesday.” That’s all we got. If you know anything about stealth layoffs at Fish & Richardson, please — send us a confidential tip! Founded in 1878, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 12, 2009
A JDJournal tipster says he or she is the latest victim of stealth layoffs at intellectual property firm Sughrue Mion: I am, perhaps, the latest casualty of Sughrue. It is my belief and understanding [that]: 1.) almost weekly, several people are fired, attorneys and/or staff, which I believe [is] more related to internal issues than economic [ones]; 2.) [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 11, 2009
Contrary to early online reports, global intellectual property firm Fish & Richardson has not announced pay cuts. In fact, at a firmwide video conference earlier today, president Peter Devlin said the firm is not considering cutting their associate salary scale this year. Devlin’s original comments, which may or may not have been misconstrued by associates and [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 28, 2009
Ladas & Parry has hired Michael Cornman, Jay Bondell, and Meyer Gross, all former partners at New York intellectual property firm Schweitzer Cornman Gross & Bondell. Ladas & Parry brought on the IP team as of counsel for its New York office. They bring along associate Elliot Lipins. Established in New York in 1912, Ladas & Parry [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 4, 2009
A tipster informs us that three top partners are leaving Southern California’s Irell & Manella, an intellectual property litigation and general business litigation firm, to hang out their own shingle. The new firm, Kendall Brill & Klieger, consists of Richard B. Kendall, Laura W. Brill, and Robert N. Klieger. The partners intend to maintain a “strong relationship” [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 9, 2009
San Francisco-based intellectual property firm Townsend and Townsend and Crew has laid off 16 attorneys, 45 staff. From the memo: …Townsend today has joined so many other AmLaw 200 firms and implemented a reduction in force. This is the most painful decision any of us has ever had to make at this firm… As a result, today we [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 27, 2009
The Recorder takes a look at Cupertino, California intellectual property boutique Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder, which last fall cut seven associates, nearly 20% of the firm’s lawyers, and two staff. Today, the firm has 27 lawyers. According to [partner Rusty] Day, those laid off were given two months’ severance and their end-of-the-year bonus, which amounts [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Dallas, Texas-based Am Law 200 firm Haynes and Boone is absorbing San Jose, California intellectual property boutique MacPherson, Kwok, Chen & Heid. MacPherson Kwok , a 21-lawyer firm founded in 2002, is merging into Haynes and Boone, a corporate firm with more than 500 lawyers. The deal gives Haynes its first offices in California, in San [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 29, 2009
Global intellectual property firm Fish & Richardson has laid off 30 staff members across eight US offices. The workers will be eligible for severance. Founded in 1878, Fish is one of the largest in the world practicing intellectual property, litigation, and corporate law, and has as a legal staff of more than 450 attorneys and 1,200 employees [...]
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