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K&L Gates Implements Workforce Adjustments Amidst Financial Success

Recent Staff Reductions Across Four Cities K&L Gates has implemented workforce reductions affecting associates in at least four major cities.…

Massive Layoffs at Top Biglaw Firm: Associates and Staff Cut in Latest Downsizing Move

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, a prominent Biglaw firm, has recently announced layoffs that seem to be a mixture of both…

Shearman & Sterling Implements Further Staff Reductions in Latest Cost-Cutting Move

Shearman & Sterling, a New York-based law firm, has announced that it will conduct another round of staff reductions, following…

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan Lays Off Associates and Staff amid Slowdown in Big Law Industry

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan Cuts Staff to Right-Size Amid Slowdown in Legal Industry Firm Lays off Nine Lawyers and…

Waves of Layoffs Ripple Over Large Firms Throughout the Country

Law firms are tightening up and trimming the fat to stay lean and to stay in the game. Lawyers are…

Law Firms Generously Offer Voluntary Buyout Packages

Observers and participants of the legal profession note its trends over time, the swells and crashes as the industry retains…

Morning Roundup

Good morning everyone!  Today is Tuesday, December 7.  It is the 69th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. …

Ruden McClosky Down But Not Out

By all accounts, these are tough times at Ruden McClosky. Defections, layoffs and office closures recently led the Florida-based firm…

Revenue Down But Profits Up at Reed Smith

Reed Smith had revenue of $942 million in 2009, a four-percent decrease from 2008's $980 million. But on the brighter…

Staff Layoffs at Brown McCarroll

Tipsters report that an unconfirmed number of staff have been shown the door at Texas powerhouse Brown McCarroll and that…

Staff Cuts at Wilson Sonsini

2009 has come and gone but the legal economy continues to struggle, a point made clear by today's move at…

Layoffs at Seyfarth Shaw

Seyfarth Shaw is letting go of approximately 40 people, 20 lawyers and 20 staff. It's been rough over at Seyfarth…