AmLaw: The Coming Law Firm Hiring Crisis
The American Lawyer expects a "a paradigm-shifting, blood-in-the-suites, terror-on-the-campus hiring and retention crisis" in 2009. If nothing changes, this fall…
Month: February 2009
Thring Townsend to Cut 20 Staff
Bath & Swindon, UK-based Thring Townsend Lee & Pembertons has begun a 30-day period of consultation with employees across its…
LexisNexis Freezes Salaries
Legal document archive firm LexisNexis has announced it is freezing salaries at 2008 levels. In order to address what is…
Massachusetts Top Judge: Court Layoffs “Shortcut to Anarchy”
The Boston Globe reports that the economic meltdown could have a devastating impact on the American justice system, as courts…
Many Thacher Refugees Still Looking for Work
The National Law Journal reports that many former Thacher lawyers have been unable to find new positions. More than 65…
Morning News Roundup for Tuesday
Welcome back! Here are this morning's top stories: Federal prosecutions of white-collar crime and securities fraud have dropped off from…
76% of Young Lawyers Happy with Their Career Choice
A new study by the American Bar Foundation, of 4,160 individuals who became lawyers in 2000, has found that 76%…
UK Law Firm To Cut Summer Program In Half
London Based law firm Charles Russell has just announced plans to cut its two-week summer vacation plans in half in…
Womble Carlyle Expands Government Affairs Practice
Former GOP Representative Deborah Pryce of Ohio has joined the Washington law office of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice in…
Cohn Returns to Sidley Austin
Jonathan Cohn, who recently stepped down as one the Justice Department’s top civil lawyers, is returning to Sidley Austin as…
US Attorney’s Offices Understaffed
Newsday reports that federal prosecutions of white-collar crime and securities fraud have dropped off from higher levels earlier in the…
Morning News Roundup for Monday
This morning's top stories: K&L Gates is freezing salaries and considering layoffs... The National Law Journal reports that lateral movements…