Nobody expected her to be a wallflower, but Justice Sotomayor has exceeded expectations when it comes to questioning lawyers during oral arguments. In a report issued by the National Law Journal, Sotomayor came out on top in the number of questions asked so far this term with 146. Chief Justice Roberts followed with [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 19, 2009
Without announcement, Day Pitney is laying off 66 staff members across it offices today. No associates are expected to be affected. Meetings to discuss the situation may be held later today or tomorrow. If you have any additional details, please let us know! Headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut and Florham Park, New Jersey, Day Pitney employs 382 attorneys spread [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, February 15, 2009
The National Law Journal wonders if last week, during which 1,100 lawyers lost their jobs, is just a sample of what’s ahead: Even in the darkest days of the dot-com bust earlier this decade or in the recession of the early 1990s, there was never a day like Thursday in the world of law firms. In the [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, February 14, 2009
The National Law Journal reports that lateral movements were down in Texas last year. Nineteen of the state’s 25 largest firms, listed on Texas Lawyer’s “The Texas 100″ poster published in 2008, participated in this year’s lateral hiring survey. They report hiring a total of 270 laterals in 2008, down 47.2 percent when compared to the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 12, 2009
The National Law Journal reports that public universities and law schools are making their faculty and staff take unpaid time off to save money. Public universities have begun furloughing employees in an effort to reduce costs, and law schools aren’t exempt from the unpaid leave policies. For example, Arizona State University has implemented a university-wide furlough [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Todd R. Steggerda, former chief counsel to the John McCain 2008 presidential campaign, is returning to WilmerHale as a partner in the firm’s defense and national security practice group and the regulatory and government affairs department. Steggerda, who will practice in the firm’s Washington office, will focus on investigations, civil litigation, government enforcement actions and other [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 6, 2009
How much do law firms save by laying off lawyers and staff? The National Law Journal asked around the find out. Law firm leaders and industry consultants say a firm cuts costs by an average of $250,000 for each attorney let go. For each legal assistant or other staffer laid off, a law firm saves about [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 2, 2009
Incisive Media, publishers of various business-to-business magazines such as IT Week, Personal Computer World, and as relates to the legal profession, The American Lawyer and The National Law Journal, has announced layoffs. From a press release: As has been reported in trade outlets, Incisive Media eliminated 42 positions last week. These layoffs were distributed across positions in [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 2, 2009
According to the National Law Journal, numerous law schools are hunting for new deans, even in the economic downturn. But qualified professionals may not want the job. Even in this economy, there seems to still be a demand for one high-paying job — law school dean. At least 27 law schools throughout the country are searching [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 2, 2009
The National Law Journal writes that judges, who have been pushing for years for pay raises, are now backing off, and begrudgingly accepting pay freezes in the shadow of the global economic meltdown. After years of aggressively lobbying for raises in their salaries, chief justices and court administrators in five states are backing off as unprecedented [...]
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