Morning News Roundup for Tuesday

Good morning! Here are the top stories:

Boston’s Ropes & Gray, which in March deferred its 2009 associate class, is deferring its current summer associates to “no earlier than January 2011…”

Bingham McCutchen will merge with McKee Nelson on August 1st, operating under the Bingham McCutchen name…

Seyfarth Shaw is expanding its Atlanta office with lawyers lured away from Troutman Sanders…

According to online sources, former Am Law 100 firm Cahill Gordon laid off an undisclosed number of associates last week…

And Miami’s Diaz Reus & Targ has launched a new office in Shanghai, China…