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Watson Burton Finds Work for Trainees

Watson Burton Finds Work for Trainees

Commercial law firm Watson Burton has offered a job to only one or two of its eight qualifying trainees, according to blawgs. However, the firm has helped all but one…

Bradley Arant Cuts 35 Staff

Bradley Arant Cuts 35 Staff

Birmingham, Alabama’s Bradley Arant has laid off 35 staff. Attorneys were not affected. The firm is also eliminating duplicate positions created by its recent merger with Nashville’s Boult Cummings Conners…

Mallesons to Cut 100 Lawyers, Staff

Mallesons to Cut 100 Lawyers, Staff

Commercial law firm Mallesons will begin a redundancy consultation in August, targeting 5% of the firm’s workforce. The redundancies are being characterized as voluntary, and will affect 100 lawyers and…

Taylor Wessing to Cut Half of Trainees

Taylor Wessing to Cut Half of Trainees

Like Dentons before it, Taylor Wessing will only hire half of their trainees. Thirteen of its 24 2009 trainees will be kept on in September. The firm is offering training…

Shipman & Goodwin Defers Associates

Shipman & Goodwin Defers Associates

Connecticut’s Shipman & Goodwin, which cut 26 jobs in April, is deferring three of its eight incoming associates. The three associates joining its Hartford office will start in Fall 2010.…

Mayer Brown Finds Work for Laid Off Associates

Mayer Brown Finds Work for Laid Off Associates

When Mayer Brown laid off 45 lawyers and 90 staff in April, it promised “placement opportunities with pro bono organizations and corporate legal departments for some associates.” The firm has…

Day Pitney Lays Off 20 Lawyers, Defers Associates

Day Pitney, which laid off 66 staff members across it offices in February, today announced that 20 lawyers have been laid off, and incoming associates will be deferred to January…

Schulte Roth & Zabel Lays Off 20 Lawyers; Defers Start Dates

Schulte Roth & Zabel Lays Off 20 Lawyers; Defers Start Dates

Late last year, New York City’s Schulte Roth & Zabel laid off 30 lawyers. This week the firm asked 20 attorneys to update their CVs. The layoffs affected the corporate,…

Howrey Lays Off 25 Staff

Howrey Lays Off 25 Staff

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…

Maclay Murray Laying Off 38 Lawyers & Staff

Maclay Murray Laying Off 38 Lawyers & Staff

Maclay, Murray & Spens, one of the “big four” Scottish law firms, will cut 6% of its workforce, including some lawyers. CEO Magnus Swanson says 38 positions will be made…

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