Mayer Brown

The Week in Law Firm Layoffs

Here are the law firm layoffs reported this week: Troutman Sanders: undisclosed Dunlap & Seeger: 2 attorneys, 3 staff Mayer…

Chicago's Mayer Brown has laid off 55 lawyers and support staff from its London office. A breakdown of the layoffs…

New York City's White & Case reports it profits per equity partner fell by 5% in 2008 to $1.6 million.…

Five attorneys have joined various practice groups of Los Angeles' 150-lawyer Buchalter Nemer . Steven M. Spector, former counsel to…

Global law firm Mayer Brown is taking action to shore up its Los Angeles office, which saw the departure of…

New York City's Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, America's oldest law firm, has lost another partner from its Manhattan office as…

Above the Law reported two weekends back the rumor that Biglaw colossus Mayer Brown would freeze salaries for 2009. Now…

According to a survey by consulting firm Hildebrandt International, US law firm mergers rose slightly in 2008 over 2007; and experts…

Anonymous sources are telling Above the Law that their 2009 paychecks are identical to their 2008 ones -- with no…

An insurance company's unusual "pyramid scheme" has raised siginificant funds for global human rights organizations. The legal department at Swiss…

Top aides to President-elect Barack Obama are lawyering up, in anticipation of questioning in the probe of Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich's…

From Law.com: new partner candidates may have a tough time next year. New partner announcements are starting to come in,…