ATL: Latham & Watkins to Lay Off Up to 150 by Friday
Tipsters are telling blawg Above the Law that major layoffs are going down at Latham & Watkins this week. We're…
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Sheppard Mullin Admits to Stealth Layoffs
Sheppard Mullin, which instituted salary freezes in January, now admits it has been shedding attorneys since the beginning of 2009.…
ATL: Paul Hastings Layoffs in L.A.
First LA's Paul Hastings announced the layoff of 10 Atlanta associates. Now tipsters tell Above the Law that the firm…
Update: Pillsbury Winthrop Offers “Voluntary Departure”
As we reported last week (and in case you didn't overhear it yourself on the train), Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman…
More Layoffs at Chicago’s Neal Gerber
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, a Chicago-based law firm with about 200 lawyers, cut nearly 10% of its attorneys. The firm…
Bilzin Sumberg Cuts Attorneys, Staff
Miami's Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod has cut some attorney and staff positions. The firm, founded in 1998, declined…
Proskauer Rose’s Profits Fall 10% in 2008
Am Law 100 firm Proskauer Rose's profits per equity partner dropped 10% in 2008 to $1.4 million. Revenues increased marginally,…
ATL: Kaye Scholer Lays Off At Least Five Attorneys
Tipsters tell Above the Law that at least five lawyers were laid off from Kaye Scholer on Friday, including some…
Update: Allen & Overy to Cut 450 Jobs
Last week we reported that Allen & Overy, the UK’s fourth-biggest law firm by revenue, would cut as many as…
Update: Thompson Hine Cuts Positions, Pay
Cleveland's Thompson Hine will impose an across-the-board $17,500 base salary reduction on associates and other non-partner lawyers. Those lawyers will…
Roetzel & Andress “Regretfully Releases” 13 Associates
Roetzel & Andress has "regretfully released" 13 associates and 18 non-lawyers, firm President Jeffrey Casto has announced. Three of the…
Calfee, Halter Dismisses Four Lawyers
Cleveland's Calfee, Halter & Griswold dismissed four lawyers, a paralegal and another staffer. All were among Calfee's 160 lawyers in…