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Cadwalader Offering Contract Work for Associates on Sabbatical

Cadwalader Offering Contract Work for Associates on Sabbatical

Earlier this month, Cadwalader told 34 junior associates they could accept a one year, unrestricted sabbatical. or leave the firm. Now the firm has announced it is offering the laid…

Addleshaw Goddard Offers Reduced Hours, Sabbaticals

Addleshaw Goddard Offers Reduced Hours, Sabbaticals

Addleshaw Goddard, which laid off 19 partners in February and 85 staff in May, has approved new measures to save money on compensation. Some attorneys will work a four-day week…

Cadwalader Offers Sabbaticals to 34 Associates

Cadwalader Offers Sabbaticals to 34 Associates

Cadwalader, the AmLaw 200 firm that leads in percentage laid off, has asked 34 junior associates to accept a one year, unrestricted sabbatical. The sabbaticals target lawyers in the Capital…

Addleshaw Goddard Reports 30% Drop in PPP

Addleshaw Goddard Reports 30% Drop in PPP

Addleshaw Goddard, which cut 19 partners in February and 85 staff in March, saw a 30.8% plummet in partner profits in fiscal 2008; and turnover fell 11.4% to £173.3 million…

Pinsent Masons to Hold Redundancy Consultation

Pinsent Masons to Hold Redundancy Consultation

Pinsent Masons is holding a redundancy consultation. It has not announced how many positions have been targeted. The firm employs almost 1,000 lawyers globally, including 275 partners; and 1,600 staff.…

Wragge & Co Targeting 85 for Redundancy

Wragge & Co Targeting 85 for Redundancy

Top Birmingham, UK law firm Wragge has announced a redundancy consultation, targeting 85 fee earners, support staff and secretaries. It has also implemented a salary freeze. The firm is also…

Norton Rose to Implement Hour Reductions

Norton Rose to Implement Hour Reductions

Most offices of London’s Norton Rose have approved a flexible hours scheme first announced in March. The firm hopes to avoid redundancies by reducing hours. The scheme has been approved…

CMS Cameron McKenna to Cut 80, Reduce Pay

CMS Cameron McKenna to Cut 80, Reduce Pay

London’s CMS Cameron McKenna has announced a redundancy consultation at its headquarters, targeting 80 jobs. Twenty fee earners and 60 non-fee earners may be laid off. Other personnel are being…

Update: DLA Piper Puts Dubai Lawyers on ‘Sabbatical’

Update: DLA Piper Puts Dubai Lawyers on ‘Sabbatical’

DLA Piper, which just laid off 8 associates in Dubai, has additionally placed almost 20% of the remaining Dubai-based lawyers on either a six-month “sabbatical” or a secondment. Those taking…

Clarke Wilmott Going to 4-Day Week

Clarke Wilmott Going to 4-Day Week

Birmingham, UK-based law firm Clarke Willmott wants to cut staff work hours at its Bristol office to four days a week, in the hopes of preventing layoffs. The firm’s 238…

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