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Ex-employee Files Suit Against Former Law Firm

Ex-employee Files Suit Against Former Law Firm

Hartwell Harris, a resident of Santa Monica, has filed a lawsuit against her former employer for wrongful termination. Harris claims she was fired for developing a rare sleeping disorder, removing…

February A Rough Month For The Legal Industry

February A Rough Month For The Legal Industry

Looking at the broad picture, the economic recovery appears to finally be taking hold in the labor market.  Modest gains in employment last month pushed the national unemployment rate down…

Ruden McClosky Axes 16 Staff

Ruden McClosky Axes 16 Staff

Ruden McClosky, a Florida-based law firm, slashed 16 staff members in line with the its reorganization plan to cut expenses, increase revenue and standardize the three-to-one lawyer-to-secretary ratio. The layoff…

Oil Companies Want to Put CA Climate Law on Ice

Oil Companies Want to Put CA Climate Law on Ice

In 2006, California adopted a law that would cut greenhouse gas emissions by California oil refineries, manufacturers, cement plants, utilities and other carbon polluters starting in 2012.  A new initiative slated…

Legal Sector Job Losses Continues to Decline

Legal Sector Job Losses Continues to Decline

The number of job losses in the legal services industry continued to decline in February, according to the latest report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday. The…

The State of the Union: What to Watch for

The State of the Union: What to Watch for

Tonight may well be the most important speech of President Obama’s political life. His signature issue, health care reform, is on the ropes. His unfavorable ratings are rising and the…

More Cuts at the San Joaquin DA’s Office

More Cuts at the San Joaquin DA’s Office

A total of eleven District Attorneys were laid off last year in San Joaquin, California, with seven of those happening last month. The department, like most California state and local…

FTC Closes its Doors to New Applicants

FTC Closes its Doors to New Applicants

Deferrals, layoffs, low offer rates for summer associates… what’s next? Apparently things have gotten so bad that even the federal government doesn’t want any more lawyers. The FTC announced today…

BLS: Legal Industry Lost 2,700 Jobs in July

BLS: Legal Industry Lost 2,700 Jobs in July

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that the US legal services industry lost another 2,700 jobs in July, a 0.23% drop. The industry employs 1.13 million lawyers and staff.…

US Legal Sector Lost 4,200 Jobs in February

US Legal Sector Lost 4,200 Jobs in February

According to a report issued Friday by the US Department of Labor, the legal services sector shrank by 4,200 in February 2009. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says the 0.36%…

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