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Rumor: Baker McKenzie Cuts Associate Salaries

Tipsters are informing blawgers that Baker & McKenzie has cut salaries between 10% and 25% for some associates. We reported…

According to online sources, New York's Shearman & Sterling is laying off 5% of its litigation associates, plus associates in…

Wells Fargo has partially confirmed online rumors, that the bank is laying off some of its in-house counsel. Online rumors…

Sources on the blawgosphere report that Seattle's Davis Wright Tremaine has cut associate salaries by 5%. The cut affects all…

According to sources in the blawgosphere, 20 staffers at Willkie Farr & Gallagher were laid off in January, and around…

Today we received a lengthy tip from a frustrated employee of Bracewell & Giuliani, reporting support staff layoffs at the…

According to a JDJournal tipster, Quinn Emanuel held more layoffs at their Los Angeles Office yesterday. There are no further…

Last month Winstead, a Texas law firm with seven offices, canceled its 2009 summer associate program. The firm is offering…

Last week we reported that Cozen O’Connor was picking up about 30 attorneys from the now-defunct Wolf Block. But it…

Quinn Emanuel has confirmed it laid off "a handful" of people for lack of work today. Rumors in the blawgosphere…

Today's (invariably accurate) Internet rumor, re: law firm layoffs: Troutman Sanders, which is holding a firm-wide meeting right about... now…

Various blogs report that stealth layoffs are underway at Atlanta's Alston & Bird. The firings seem to be taking place…