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Collas Day Lays Off 6 Staff

Guernsey's Collas Day has made six staff redundant, three of them voluntarily. The firm is reorganizing, and recently launched a…

Pannone Lays Off 35 Staff, Goes to 4-Day Week

Law firm Pannone has laid off 35 staff, and is asking employees to voluntarily work a four-day week. The layoffs…

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…

Fennemore Craig Cuts 7 Lawyers, 10 Staff

Phoenix, Arizona-based law firm Fennemore Craig has announced it cut 17 jobs. Ten staffers were let go this month; and…

Simmons & Simmons Lays Off 91

In February we reported on a redundancy consultation at Simmons & Simmons, which targeted 69 people -- 20 associates and…

DLA Phillips Fox Lays Off 12 Lawyers; CEO Steps Down [Update]

DLA Phillips Fox, an affiliate of DLA Piper, has cut 12 lawyers from its offices in Australia and New Zealand.…

Blake Dawson Lays Off 23 Lawyers, 66 Staff

Blake Dawson has eliminated 23 lawyers and 66 support staff in the wake of its March review of business. Details…

Hunton & Williams Lays Off 23 Lawyers, 64 Staff

Virginia's Hunton & Williams has laid off 87 people across its US offices. From the memo: Today, we reduced approximately…

Update: DLA Piper Lays Off 24 Lawyers, 100 Staff

In February we reported that DLA Piper had launched a second layoff consultation, with up to 140 jobs under threat.…

Fish & Richardson Lays Off 120

Global intellectual property firm Fish & Richardson, which in January laid off 30 staff members across its eight US offices,…

Stealth Attorney Layoffs at Sullivan & Cromwell [Update]

Sullivan & Cromwell has laid off between 15 and 20 associates at its New York HQ. The firm cites performance…

Rumor: Stealth Layoffs at Willkie Farr

The blawgosphere is abuzz with rumors that Willkie Farr has been conducting stealth layoffs, and that a big round of…