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Loeb & Loeb Cancels NY Summer Program

Loeb & Loeb Cancels NY Summer Program

Loeb & Loeb, which laid off four corporate lawyers in July, has “suspended” its Summer associates program at its New York office. No program will be held in 2010, nor…

Andrews Kurth Brings on Lawyers

Andrews Kurth Brings on Lawyers

Houston’s Andrews Kurth, which laid off at least 20 lawyers across its offices in March, has brought on two attorneys. Texas Supreme Court Justice Scott Brister joins Andrews Kurth as…

Day Pitney to Revamp Summer Associate Program

Day Pitney to Revamp Summer Associate Program

Day Pitney, which in May laid off 20 lawyers and deferred incoming associates to January 2010, has announced it is revamping its Summer associate program for 2010. The new eight-week…

DLA Piper Trims Partner Headcount

DLA Piper Trims Partner Headcount

DLA Piper is both bringing on new partners, and letting others go. Five partners have left the firm in the last month, from the real estate, tax, corporate and projects…

Thomson Playford Cuts 19 Lawyers, 5 Staff

Thomson Playford Cuts 19 Lawyers, 5 Staff

Thomson Playford has laid off 19 lawyers and five staff in its Sydney and Adelaide, Australia offices. Thomson Playford Cutlers is a full service commercial law firm with offices in…

Kilpatrick Stockton Hires Day Pitney IP Group

Kilpatrick Stockton Hires Day Pitney IP Group

Kilpatrick Stockton, which in April laid off 24 lawyers and endured the resulting tragedy, has hired a group of three intellectual property lawyers from Day Pitney. Stephen Feingold, Marc Lieberstein,…

Update: Laid Off Kilpatrick Lawyer Commits Suicide at Office

Update: Laid Off Kilpatrick Lawyer Commits Suicide at Office

We reported yesterday that Kilpatrick Stockton had laid off 24 lawyers. This morning, police and firefighters responded when Mark Levy, Washington DC-based counsel and chair of Kilpatrick Stockton’s Supreme Court…

Chadbourne & Parke Cuts Associate Salaries

Chadbourne & Parke Cuts Associate Salaries

Chadbourne & Parke, which laid off 25 lawyers last month, has informed its attorneys and staff that salaries will be reduced starting in May. Details and numbers have not been…

Report: Legal Industry Woes Good for Small Firms

The meltdown of the legal services industry, in the wake of the financial meltdown, is hurting biglaw firms as they shed lawyers and clients. But small firms are grabbing up…

AmLaw: The Coming Law Firm Hiring Crisis

The American Lawyer expects a “a paradigm-shifting, blood-in-the-suites, terror-on-the-campus hiring and retention crisis” in 2009. If nothing changes, this fall the same law firms that recently laid off lawyers will…

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