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White & Case Deferring Summer Associates to 2011

White & Case has announced that Summer 2009 associates who are offered positions with the firm will not start until…

Weil, Gotshal & Manges announced in March that it was deferring its incoming associates’ start dates to January 2010, and…

Pillsbury, which has delayed start dates for its incoming first year associates to January 2010, is now offering $60,000 to…

A JDJournal tipster informs us that Holme Roberts & Owen laid off between 10 and 15 associates in mid-April. According…

Anglo-German law firm Taylor Wessing is asking for voluntary deferrals from its September 2009 and September 2010 incoming associate classes.…

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney has announced that start dates for first-year associates will be deferred from September 2009 to February…

Eversheds has launched a redundancy consultation targeting 10 lawyers in its real estate practice. The firm may find new positions…

British law firm Shoosmiths has asked its 2009 trainees to withdraw from their contract, or defer until 2011, without any…

Fried Frank laid off 99 employees, lawyers and staff, today. Effective today, we are implementing changes that will result in…

Faced with taking in only half its incoming class this year while cutting costs, Scotland's McClure Naismith pulled the names…

Philadelphia-based Wolf Block's partners will meet today to discuss dissolving the 106-year-old law firm. A large group of Wolf Block…

Boston-based Ropes & Gray is deferring start dates for the 2009 class, and is offering "new alternatives" to help associates…