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Clifford Chance to Lay Off New York Litigation Associates

Mark Kirsch, head of Clifford Chance's US litigation practice, has left the firm, leaving the 29 associates in the firm's…

Ladas & Parry has hired Michael Cornman, Jay Bondell, and Meyer Gross, all former partners at New York intellectual property…

Cohen Milstein has hired two new litigators for its New York office, Joel Laitman and Christopher Lometti, both from Schoengold…

Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau has decided not to run for re-election, thus ending a long era for the prosecutor. …

Just a week after announcing mass layoffs, Linklaters is launching a formal redundancy consultation, with up to 120 lawyers and…

According to a story in the Boston Business Journal, some at Beantown's Ropes & Gray are not thrilled their firm…

New York City's Duval & Stachenfeld is laying off an undisclosed number of first and second year associates, according to…

A JDJournal tipster says that Miami's Greenberg Traurig is laying off "numerous" associates in New York City. Greenberg Traurig has…

Boston's Ropes & Gray, which gave their associates bonuses and raises for 2008, is expanding its New York footprint. The…

Deaf Dog & The Indictments is the world's only (almost) all-judge band (the one non-judge is a PhD, so it's…

Baker & McKenzie is firing six of its New York associates, as a result of the economic meltdown. The international…

From the WSJ Law Blog: Irving Picard, who last week was tapped to liquidate the now-infamous Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities…