Squire Sanders Moving from Lockstep
Squire Sanders has joined the march away from lockstep compensation, and will implement a merit based pay system starting next…
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Morrison & Foerster Lower Incoming Associate Salaries in California
Morrison & Foerster is lowering the starting pay of its associates to $145,000 in California, while associates in New York…
Voluntary Staff Layoffs at Crowell & Moring
Crowell & Moringhas asked staff to voluntarily leave in order to bring them down to a four to one attorney/staff…
2,000 Jobs Lost in September for the Legal Sector
Unless you live in a cave, by now you've probably heard that the latest numbers from the US Bureau of…
Wildman Harrold Rescinds Offers
Wildman rescinded the offers it had made to 10 of its 14 incoming associates yesterday. Unlike other firms that we've…
FTC Closes its Doors to New Applicants
Deferrals, layoffs, low offer rates for summer associates... what's next? Apparently things have gotten so bad that even the federal…
Pepper Hamilton Makes Offers to 50% of Summer Associates
Last year, Pepper Hamilton made offers to 79% of its summer associates, firm wide. This year, the firm reports that…
Fish & Richardson Lays Off 120
Global intellectual property firm Fish & Richardson, which in January laid off 30 staff members across its eight US offices,…
Michigan Lawyers Found New Firm
Michigan attorneys Joseph Ahern and Jeffrey Fleury have formed a new law firm, Ahern Fleury, which will specialize in helping…