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Morning News Roundup for Friday

Good morning! If you have today off for Independence Day, enjoy it. JDJournal is a seven-day-a-week, 365-a-year concern -- I…

Howrey, which we reported a little over a week ago was in talks to acquire scandal-plagued intellectual property firm Day…

Chicago-based Seyfarth Shaw, which in May laid off 50 people and reduced salaries, has brought on a new team of…

The Obama administration has released salary information for its 46 staff lawyers. The highest paid is Gregory B. Craig, whose…

Blank Rome is cutting starting salaries for incoming associates. The rundown is as follows: New York City: $145,000, down from…

Good morning! Here are the top stories: Baker Botts has opened a new office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates,…

San Francisco's Orrick, which laid off 300 employees in March, is abandoning lock-step compensation for associates. Under a lock-step scheme,…

Today Atlanta's Alston & Bird informed its associates that the firm is reducing all associate salaries by $5,000. At this…

Milwaukee's Techmeier Law Firm is merging with national personal injury and criminal defense firm The Cochran Firm. Techmeier will operate…

Magic Circle law firm Clifford Chance LLP LLP saw average profits per equity partner drop 37% to £733,000 ($1.2 million)…

For months now, Biglaw firms have been offering voluntary, or imposing involuntary, deferral schemes on incoming associates. Now a law…

Good morning! Here are the top stories: Florida’s Ruden McClosky is cutting associate and non-equity partner compensation by 8%... Philadelphia's…