UPDATE

Morning Roundup

Good Morning everyone! I hope everyone had a terrific weekend. Here's a look back at Friday's news (and a small…

Atlanta’s Troutman Sanders has announced to its associates a 10% cut in total associate payroll budgeted for August to December…

In June we reported that Portland, Oregon’s Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt would cut associate salaries and lay off support staff.…

Blawgs are reporting this morning that DLA Piper is laying off 20 lawyers and 100 staff today. The layoffs are…

The Chicago Tribune has uncovered a "jobs-for-entry" scandal at the University of Illinois College of Law, in which the law…

This week, big law firm layoffs are back. Dykema, which according to a JDJournal tipster has laid off at least…

Pillsbury, which offered associates $60,000 to leave the firm, is imposing associate salary reductions based on hours. Salaries are being…

Pittsburgh’s K&L Gates, which in March opened a Singapore office, has launched a footprint in Dubai, UAE. It's the firm's…

Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Dorsey & Whitney has laid off 55 staff members, or 7% of the firm's support staff. Seven of…

Snell & Wilmer has laid off between 30 and 40 staff members, most at its Phoenix, Arizona headquarters. A more…

Ropes & Gray, which deferred start dates in March, has let go between 30 and 40 associates. Blawgs are reporting…

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal plans to cut associate salaries, beginning June 1st. First year salaries, previously a Biglaw standard $160,000,…