On April 30th we reported that Mark Levy, a partner at Kilpatrick Stockton, committed suicide at the firm’s DC office. Levy had...
Rather than lay off under-productive attorneys, New Zealand law firm Russell McVeagh is encouraging its lawyers to increase their pro bono work...
Legal bloggers have been thrilled to comment on this quote from Covington & Burling’s recently-published Diversity Update: Our balanced mix of practices;...
Seattle-based law firm Williams Kastner has announced that all non-management and non-lawyer employees will receive a special compensation check as part of...
Kansas City law firm Polsinelli Shughart, the result of a merger last month, has laid off nine attorneys and 16 staff members....
Atlanta-based Morris, Manning & Martin has rescinded offers to six of its incoming first-year associates, and canceled this year’s summer associate program....
According to a report issued Friday by the US Department of Labor, the legal services sector shrank by 4,200 in February 2009....
Kansas City’s Stinson Morrison Hecker let 30 people go on Monday. No attorneys were affected. “We were going to do this over...
Connecticut’s Wiggin and Dana this week laid off 14 attorneys and 14 staff. In January, we reported that the worsening economy had...
The legal job market in Minnesota seems to be getting tighter, as job ads in the state bar publication Bench & Bar...
Last week we reported that Latham & Watkins had cut 440 employees — 190 associates and 250 staff, the largest cuts to...
Dundas and Wilson, Scotland’s biggest law firm, plans to cut 50 jobs from all three of its offices, citing a lack of...