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Greenspoon Marder Expands, Adds Four Lawyers

Fort Lauderdale, Florida's Greenspoon Marder has opened a new office in Stuart, Florida, adding four attorneys. The 72-lawyer firm added…

Two Thirds of Law Firms Expect Lower 2009 Revenues; 51% to Terminate Staff

Two-thirds of all US law firms expect lower 2009 revenues, although the economic harm to date has mostly hurt large…

How Should Law Firms Deal With a 0% Attrition Rate?

From Bruce MacEwen's blog: An unspoken, and certainly uncelebrated, aspect of the law firm associate personnel model is built-in attrition.…

Three Philadelphia Law Firms Cut Staff

Three law firms in The City of Brotherly Love have laid off lawyers or support staff in recent days. A…

Blog: Drinker Biddle and Wolf Block To Have Xmas Layoffs

Above the Law claims that Philadelphia's Drinker Biddle & Reath will let 20 people go on Friday, one week before…

Linklaters’ Top-Paid Lawyer Earned “Satisfactory” £3.4 Million in 2008

Linklaters LLP, the second-largest London law firm by revenue, paid its top earner £3.4 million pounds ($5 million in real…

Law Students Face Drought in Summer Associate Posts

A shortage of legal work in 2009 is sure to dry up the pool of summer associate positions for law…

Former Bush Solicitor General Returns to King & Spalding

Former Bush Administration Solicitor General Paul Clement is returning to the Washington, DC office of Atlanta's King & Spalding. "We…

“Onslaught of Bankruptcies” Means Steady Increase in Law Jobs

From the AE Feldman Blog: Executive search firm, A.E. Feldman, says the surge in bankruptcies is creating opportunities for candidates…

White & Case Lawyers Bill as Much as $1,260 an Hour

Over 70% percent of large law firms surveyed raised their billing rates this year, with one firm charging more than…

Holland & Knight Snaps Up DC Lobbying Firm

Law firm Holland & Knight LLP is buying the assets of lobbying firm MARC Associates and adding the company's lobbyists…

Rumor: King & Spalding to Acquire Most Thacher Proffitt counsel [Update]

Via Law.com: Atlanta-based King & Spalding is in talks to acquire most, but not all of Thacher Proffitt & Wood's…