Tipsters report that an unconfirmed number of staff have been shown the door at Texas powerhouse Brown McCarroll and that some partners may be on their way out as well. Information is still sketchy as of now, and we’ll update this post as more information becomes available. If you have any specific information [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 11, 2010
According to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the legal sector dropped another 2100 jobs in December, while the job market as a whole lost 85,000 jobs. In November, the National Law Journal reported that so far 5,259 attorney positions had been cut by the top 250 law firms, with Latham & Watkins [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 21, 2009
2009 salaries and bonuses at Fulbright have been frozen at the 2008 level. According to tipsters in the Washington DC office, however, Fulbright has decided to advance everyone one level for bonuses, although base salaries will remain frozen. Because Fulbright’s compensation model is heavily weighted toward bonuses, this is good news indeed for [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Reports are trickling in, but it looks as though at least 13 associates at Schulte Roth have received pink slips today. We have reports that some of the layoffs at least came from the real estate practice group, but no hard numbers as of yet. We’ll update this as more tips come in. [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Sidley Austin had an all associates meeting in Washington DC today. Details, or rumors at least, are beginning to trickle out from the meeting, but nothing hard and fast as of yet. Some tipsters are reporting that Sidley hinted at bonuses larger than last year, and some reports say that the firm may [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 23, 2009
Allen Matkins is having a rough year. Back at the end of March the firm let some attorneys go. First year associate salaries were cut, along with the salaries of some additional associates. Now it appears they are finishing the job with additional layoffs and more salary cuts. Tipsters at Above the Law [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Earlier this month tipsters alerted us to layoffs at Foley & Lardner, which the firm later confirmed. Like many firms, Foley & Lardner deferred its incoming associate class, but now it appears that some of those associates are being deferred again. Incoming IP associates have been pushed back to September of next year, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 13, 2009
The legal blog Above the Law is reporting that associates at WilmerHale have been warned not to talk to them. Tipsters have reported that a memo was sent out that left associates with the impression that their jobs would be at stake if they leaked any information to the blog. No copy of [...]
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