Good Morning everyone! I hope everyone had a terriffic weekend. Here’s a look back at Friday’s news (and a small weekend update) to get your week started. A judge has…
![Troutman Sanders Cuts Associate Payroll 10% [Update 2]](http://www.jdjournal.com/wp-content/themes/advanced-newspaper/timthumb.php?src=wp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F01%2Ftroutman_160x120.jpg&q=90&w=80&h=66&zc=1 "Troutman Sanders Cuts Associate Payroll 10% [Update 2]")
Atlanta’s Troutman Sanders has announced to its associates a 10% cut in total associate payroll budgeted for August to December of this year. The salary cuts for each associate will…
![Tipster: More Layoffs on Horizon at Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt [Update 3]](http://www.jdjournal.com/wp-content/themes/advanced-newspaper/timthumb.php?src=wp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F06%2Fschwabewilliamsonwyatt_160x.jpg&q=90&w=80&h=66&zc=1 "Tipster: More Layoffs on Horizon at Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt [Update 3]")
In June we reported that Portland, Oregon’s Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt would cut associate salaries and lay off support staff. Now a JDJournal tipster informs us that more layoffs are…
![Another Black Day: DLA Piper Lays Off 120 [Update]](http://www.jdjournal.com/wp-content/themes/advanced-newspaper/timthumb.php?src=wp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F12%2Fdlapiper_160x120.jpg&q=90&w=80&h=66&zc=1 "Another Black Day: DLA Piper Lays Off 120 [Update]")
Blawgs are reporting this morning that DLA Piper is laying off 20 lawyers and 100 staff today. The layoffs are targeting the firm’s offices in Chicago and New York. So…
![University of Illinois Law “Jobs-for-Entry” Scheme Revealed [Update]](http://www.jdjournal.com/wp-content/themes/advanced-newspaper/timthumb.php?src=wp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F06%2Funiversityillinoiscollegela.jpg&q=90&w=80&h=66&zc=1 "University of Illinois Law “Jobs-for-Entry” Scheme Revealed [Update]")
The Chicago Tribune has uncovered a “jobs-for-entry” scandal at the University of Illinois College of Law, in which the law school admitted politically-connected applicants, some unqualified, in exchange for guarantees…
![Dykema Cuts 17 Attorneys, 30 Staff [Correction]](http://www.jdjournal.com/wp-content/themes/advanced-newspaper/timthumb.php?src=wp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F12%2Fdykema_160x120.jpg&q=90&w=80&h=66&zc=1 "Dykema Cuts 17 Attorneys, 30 Staff [Correction]")
This week, big law firm layoffs are back. Dykema, which according to a JDJournal tipster has laid off at least 20 lawyers and 30 staff, has confirmed that 17 attorneys…
![Pillsbury Cuts Associate Pay [Update]](http://www.jdjournal.com/wp-content/themes/advanced-newspaper/timthumb.php?src=wp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F01%2Fpillsbury_160x120.jpg&q=90&w=80&h=66&zc=1 "Pillsbury Cuts Associate Pay [Update]")
Pillsbury, which offered associates $60,000 to leave the firm, is imposing associate salary reductions based on hours. Salaries are being cut between 10% 5% and 20%, depending on how many…
![K&L Gates Opens Dubai Office [UPDATE]](http://www.jdjournal.com/wp-content/themes/advanced-newspaper/timthumb.php?src=wp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F01%2Fklgates_160x120.jpg&q=90&w=80&h=66&zc=1 "K&L Gates Opens Dubai Office [UPDATE]")
Pittsburgh’s K&L Gates, which in March opened a Singapore office, has launched a footprint in Dubai, UAE. It’s the firm’s first office in the Middle East, and its 33rd overall.…
![Dorsey & Whitney Cuts 55 Staffers Firmwide [Update]](http://www.jdjournal.com/wp-content/themes/advanced-newspaper/timthumb.php?src=wp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F01%2Fdorsey_160x120.jpg&q=90&w=80&h=66&zc=1 "Dorsey & Whitney Cuts 55 Staffers Firmwide [Update]")
Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Dorsey & Whitney has laid off 55 staff members, or 7% of the firm’s support staff. Seven of the firm’s offices were targeted, but 38 of the layoffs…
![Snell & Wilmer Lays Off Up to 40 Staffers [Update 2]](http://www.jdjournal.com/wp-content/themes/advanced-newspaper/timthumb.php?src=wp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F01%2Fsnellwilmer_160x120.jpg&q=90&w=80&h=66&zc=1 "Snell & Wilmer Lays Off Up to 40 Staffers [Update 2]")
Snell & Wilmer has laid off between 30 and 40 staff members, most at its Phoenix, Arizona headquarters. A more precise number has not been provided. No lawyers were affected.…
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