Morning News Roundup for Tuesday

Some of our top stories for this morning:

London-based Magic Circle firm Allen & Overy is the second to announce a redundancy consultation, with 10 lawyers in its Hong Kong office expected to lose their jobs…

A trusted source for legal industry rumors tells JD Journal that Manatt Phelps is letting go “lots” of staffers today…

British author and lawyer Sir John Mortimer, the creator of legal television show “Rumpole of the Bailey,” died on Friday, aged 85…

The new firm of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings has named 17 attorneys to the partnership…

The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a decade old case, relieving the Dorsey & Whitney law firm from the threat of $4 million in malpractice suits…