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Jenner & Block Launches California Footprint

Jenner & Block has opened its first office in California. Rick Richmond, a former partner from the Los Angeles office…

WilmerHale is deferring start dates for its 2009 associate class. Some associates will be deferred to January 20th, 2010, and…

New York's Skadden is offering all its associates, about 1,300 worldwide, the extraordinary option of taking one-third of their base…

According to online sources, Winston & Strawn has pushed back 2009 incoming associate start dates to January 19th, 2010. Deferred…

Miami-based Akerman Senterfitt has brought a three-attorney group into its West Palm Beach labor & employment practice. David Spector and…

Last week we reported that Indianapolis' Barnes & Thornburg had opened an eighth office, in Atlanta, Georgia. This week the…

London's Linklaters has pushed back its trainee start dates for September 2009 and March 2010, offering future trainees £10,000 to…

Portland, Maine's Pierce Atwood, which laid off 21 in February, has announced a new Providence, Rhode Island office. The new…

Denver's 200-attorney Brownstein Hyatt has laid off 15 attorneys and 22 staff. Partners consulted with associates to determine a balance…

Seattle-based law firm Williams Kastner has announced that all non-management and non-lawyer employees will receive a special compensation check as…

The Podesta Group has added at least six principals this year. Podesta saw a 44% rise in gross lobbying revenue…

Name partner Chris P. Jayson, and three other lawyers from Tampa Bay, Florida's Cohen Jayson & Foster, have left the…