Month: February 2009

Merchant & Gould Cuts 8 Lawyers, 25 Staff

Minneapolis intellectual-property law firm Merchant & Gould is cutting 33 jobs, or 13% of its work force, citing the economic…

Belfast, UK-based L’Estrange and Brett has made two solicitors and three secretaries redundant. One of the city's oldest and largest…

Crowell & Moring has added two new hires to its International Dispute Resolution Group. Pieter Bekker, formerly of McDermott Will…

Will judges, upset about recent pay freezes, start fleeing the bench for higher-paying law firm jobs? Texas State District Judge…

New York City's Brooklyn Law School has announced it will freeze faculty salaries, in order to keep 2009 tuition increases…

US Based Law Firm Baker Botts reported a 6.16 percent increase in global revenue during the most recent financial year.…

Tipsters are telling Above the Law that dissolving law firm Morgan & Finnegan is unable to cover cheques issued to…

Julie E. Kamps, a former associate with Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, has filed a complaint with the US…

Japan's Federation of Bar Associations (Nihon Bengoshi Rengokai) has shaken up the island nation's international legal community by declaring that…

Nearly 79% of Massachusetts Bar Association members who responded to an online survey believe the economic downturn will affect the…

This morning's top stories: London’s Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has informed staff that salaries for associates will be held at 2008…

Just two years after joining Winston & Strawn to co-chair its bankruptcy group, attorney Jeff Marwil is leaving to join…