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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 firms have been offering $75,000 for the same deal. The firm has also announced a public interest fellowship program. Rather than paying associates to do work with [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Chicago’s Schiff Hardin has announced it is taking steps to cut costs, in the hope of avoiding further layoffs. From the memo, signed by managing partner Ronald S. Safer: I know you have read with interest, and undoubtedly some trepidation, the news of law firms slashing personnel, lawyers and staff alike. We have no intention of following that [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 5, 2009
Pillsbury Winthrop this week let go 55 associates, 10 paralegals, and 90 staffers. The firm had previously announced a “voluntary departure” plan. It is unknown how many of these departures were voluntary. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP is an international law firm with offices located throughout the US and globally, including key financial centers New York, London, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 24, 2009
As we reported last week (and in case you didn’t overhear it yourself on the train), Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman is laying off an undisclosed number of attorneys. The firm has now announced a “voluntary departure” plan for any of the firm’s lawyers who don’t like hearing about their impending joblessness from the blogosphere instead of [...]
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