Chicago’s Mayer Brown has laid off 55 lawyers and support staff from its London office. A breakdown of the layoffs has not...
Many law firms are using the economic meltdown as an excuse to end seniority-based pay for associates, adopting “merit-based” systems similar to...
As predicted, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe is laying off a total of 300 employees. Orrick has begun a firmwide reduction in its...
The nation’s largest state judiciary will be hit by severe budget shortages, that may prompt shortened court hours, furloughed employees, the loss...
Bloomberg reports that while law firms in the US and UK are shrinking, their offices in China expanding. Twenty-eight foreign firms have...
On Friday, U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein announced a new effort to fight against mortgage fraud in the state of Maryland and...
Am Law 100 firm Proskauer Rose’s profits per equity partner dropped 10% in 2008 to $1.4 million. Revenues increased marginally, by 1%,...
Simmons & Simmons has announced a review that could lead to layoffs of up to 20 associates and 49 support staffers. Last...
Good morning! Here are the top stories: As many as 65 former lawyers from defunct Thacher Proffitt & Wood have been unable...
The Boston Globe reports that the economic meltdown could have a devastating impact on the American justice system, as courts are forced...
The National Law Journal reports that many former Thacher lawyers have been unable to find new positions. More than 65 attorneys from...
The National Law Journal writes that judges, who have been pushing for years for pay raises, are now backing off, and begrudgingly...