Loeb & Loeb Cancels NY Summer Program
Loeb & Loeb, which laid off four corporate lawyers in July, has "suspended" its Summer associates program at its New…
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Andrews Kurth Brings on Lawyers
Houston’s Andrews Kurth, which laid off at least 20 lawyers across its offices in March, has brought on two attorneys.…
Day Pitney to Revamp Summer Associate Program
Day Pitney, which in May laid off 20 lawyers and deferred incoming associates to January 2010, has announced it is…
DLA Piper Trims Partner Headcount
DLA Piper is both bringing on new partners, and letting others go. Five partners have left the firm in the…
Thomson Playford Cuts 19 Lawyers, 5 Staff
Thomson Playford has laid off 19 lawyers and five staff in its Sydney and Adelaide, Australia offices. Thomson Playford Cutlers…
Kilpatrick Stockton Hires Day Pitney IP Group
Kilpatrick Stockton, which in April laid off 24 lawyers and endured the resulting tragedy, has hired a group of three…
Update: Laid Off Kilpatrick Lawyer Commits Suicide at Office
We reported yesterday that Kilpatrick Stockton had laid off 24 lawyers. This morning, police and firefighters responded when Mark Levy,…
Chadbourne & Parke Cuts Associate Salaries
Chadbourne & Parke, which laid off 25 lawyers last month, has informed its attorneys and staff that salaries will be…
Report: Legal Industry Woes Good for Small Firms
The meltdown of the legal services industry, in the wake of the financial meltdown, is hurting biglaw firms as they…
AmLaw: The Coming Law Firm Hiring Crisis
The American Lawyer expects a "a paradigm-shifting, blood-in-the-suites, terror-on-the-campus hiring and retention crisis" in 2009. If nothing changes, this fall…
Atlantic City Fires Municipal Lawyers, Hires Outside Firms
Mayor Lorenzo Langford of Atlantic City, New Jersey, has announced that two days after taking office in November, he fired…