Out of 92 firms surveyed, McKee Nelson did the best job of handling layoffs this year. According to The American Lawyer, the...
Recent laterals and layoffs in the legal sector: James Donato joins Shearman & Sterling’s San Francisco office as a partner. He was...
Shearman & Sterling has hired on three new partners. Antitrust litigator Edward B. Schwartz, formerly a Shearman & Sterling associate, returns to...
Recent laterals and layoffs in the legal sector: Salem Katsh joins Schnader Harrison from private practice as as a partner in its...
In April, New York’s Shearman & Sterling deferred its 2009 associate class. Incoming associates were offered a stipend to defer to 2010....
The New York Law Journal has published its annual survey of summer class sizes at New York Biglaw firms. Latham & Watkins...
Skadden has been ranked the top corporate law firm in the US for the ninth year in a row, according to Corporate...
This week in law firm layoffs: Howard Kennedy: 40 lawyers and staff Kirkland & Ellis: undisclosed staff LG: 15 lawyers and 18...
According to online sources, New York’s Shearman & Sterling is laying off 5% of its litigation associates, plus associates in other practice...
New York’s Shearman & Sterling will defer its 2009 associate class. From the memo: In light of current economic conditions and the...
Over five years, London firms’ hiring of lateral partners has almost doubled, from 42 hires in 2004 to 79 in 2008. The...
Many law firms are using the economic meltdown as an excuse to end seniority-based pay for associates, adopting “merit-based” systems similar to...