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Small Payroll Changes at Alston & Bird

Small Payroll Changes at Alston & Bird

Alston & Bird is changing the way it computes overtime for its secretaries. Up until now, Alston & Bird has paid overtime starting at 37.5 hours per week, slightly more…

Layoffs Ongoing at Fulbright & Jaworski? [Update 2]

Layoffs Ongoing at Fulbright & Jaworski? [Update 2]

Earlier this week we reported on a tip that Fulbright & Jaworski laid off at least 42 people in Texas and New York. Now a JDJournal tipster tells us that…

Major Layoffs at Dechert Today

Major Layoffs at Dechert Today

Today Dechert, which laid off 63 lawyers and 62 staff in March, let go a significant number of associates, plus paralegals, staff attorneys and legal secretaries. The firm has not…

Associates Have to Make Do With Fewer Staffers

Associates Have to Make Do With Fewer Staffers

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…

Firms Using Fewer Legal Secretaries And Support Staff

Firms Using Fewer Legal Secretaries And Support Staff

The number of legal secretaries and other support staff that have been laid off at firms in recent months is in the hundreds.  Most first cite the struggling economy as…