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Rumor: King & Spalding Turning Associates into Staff Attorneys [Update]

Rumor: King & Spalding Turning Associates into Staff Attorneys [Update]

A JDJournal tipster informs us that Atlanta’s King & Spalding, which laid off 37 lawyers and 85 staff in March, is “converting a significant number of associates to staff attorneys.”…

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…

DLA Piper Defers its Deferred Associates

DLA Piper Defers its Deferred Associates

DLA Piper is making major changes to its associate program, including further deferrals of associates who were deferred back in April. Eighty-five new lawyers were deferred to January, 2010. Now…

Covington & Burling Laying Off Staff Attorneys

Covington & Burling Laying Off Staff Attorneys

According to stories in the blawgosphere, Covington & Burling is in the process of laying off an undisclosed number of staff attorneys. Those affected have been offered one or two…

Rumor: More Stealth Layoffs at Willkie Farr

Rumor: More Stealth Layoffs at Willkie Farr

According to sources in the blawgosphere, 20 staffers at Willkie Farr & Gallagher were laid off in January, and around two dozen employees were invited to leave last week. It…

Skadden Lays Off Staff Attorneys & 50 Staff

Skadden Lays Off Staff Attorneys & 50 Staff

This week Skadden laid off 50 support staffers. In addition, an undisclosed number of staff attorneys has been cut, with only staff attorneys who are needed for ongoing matters to…

ATL: Dechert Lays Off 10 Staff Attorneys

Above the Law reports that Phillie’s Dechert, which recently announced that its profits and revenues are down, is laying off staff attorneys today. Our sources tell us that Dechert will…