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Mallesons to Cut 100 Lawyers, Staff

Mallesons to Cut 100 Lawyers, Staff

Commercial law firm Mallesons will begin a redundancy consultation in August, targeting 5% of the firm’s workforce. The redundancies are being characterized as voluntary, and will affect 100 lawyers and…

Pillsbury Associates Still Waiting to Hear About Deferals

Pillsbury Associates Still Waiting to Hear About Deferals

Pillsbury has missed its own deadline to inform 22 of its 54 incoming associates that they will be deferred again, to January 2011. The other 32 will begin work in…

Herbert Smith Avoids Involuntary Redundancies

Herbert Smith Avoids Involuntary Redundancies

Herbert Smith, which announced in April a redundancy consultation at its London HQ, targeting 84 positions, will not need to lay anyone off after all, after 84 staff members signed…

Pillsbury Offers Incoming Associates $60K to Drop Dead [Update]

Pillsbury Offers Incoming Associates $60K to Drop Dead [Update]

Pillsbury, which has delayed start dates for its incoming first year associates to January 2010, is now offering $60,000 to associates willing to forget about working at the firm. Other…

Stroock Offers First-Years $75,000 to Go Away Forever

According to an internal memo leaked online, New York’s Stroock & Stroock & Lavan is making three offers to incoming associates. First, deferrals: …the start date for the incoming class…

Attorneys Disappear from Troutman Sanders Website

Attorneys Disappear from Troutman Sanders Website

In March, Atlanta’s Troutman Sanders said layoffs were likely. Now legal industry news sites have noticed that 28 names have mysteriously disappeared from the firm’s roster of attorneys on its…

Hogan & Hartson Cuts 93 Staff

Today Hogan & Hartson informed 93 US support staffers they don’t have to come back next week. From the memo: …we reluctantly have concluded that two steps are required at…

Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel Offering Voluntary Buyouts

Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel Offering Voluntary Buyouts

Buffalo, New York law firm Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel is offering a voluntary buyout program for 38 of its support staff. Eligible employees have until May 15th to apply for…