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Morning News Roundup for Saturday

Happy Valentine's Day! On Thursday, February 12th, 2009, six prominent firms fired over 700 attorneys and legal staffers, in what…

Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin! This morning's top stories: Japan’s Federation of Bar Associations has shaken up the island nation’s international…

This morning's top stories: London’s Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has informed staff that salaries for associates will be held at 2008…

Ladies and gentlemen, your top news stories: The ABA Journal notes that an unprecedented wave of law firm layoffs is…

These are the weekend's top stories: Hinshaw & Culbertson, a Chicago-based firm with about 490 attorneys, cut 11 attorneys and…

This morning's top stories: CARPLS, non-profit that offers legal aid to low-income residents of Cook County, Illinois, is looking for…

This morning's stories: Clifford Chance LLP, the world’s largest law firm by revenue, will cut as many as 80 lawyers…

This morning's top stories: Olswang has begun a redundancy consultation targeted at 8% of the firm’s 618-strong UK workforce... The…

This morning's top stories: Former ambassador and state house speaker David Wilkins is returning to the practice of law, joining…

TGIF! Today's top stories: New Obama administration appointees Eric Holder Jr., Jeh Johnson, Ronald Kirk and Tom Vilsack raked in…

This morning's top stories: Palo Alto, California’s Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is eliminating 45 associate and 68 staff positions...…

The top stories for this morning: Seyfarth Shaw has added a team of three patent litigation attorneys to the Intellectual…