Law Shucks
"The site includes a Layoff Tracker that graphs where the most layoffs have been. Law Shucks is yet another legal tabloid, but we’re committed to keeping our focus on those who are in, or refugees from, BigLaw. Nothing about summer-associate salaries, bar-review courses, or which firm a law student should pick. We editors and our intended audience have been through that and just don’t care about it any more. Still, a good bit of gossip every once in a while keeps things entertaining."
Author: "lawshucks" spent seven years in BigLaw, but he has been in-house at a financial services company in recent years.
Blawg Related Categories: Careers • Layoffs • Criminal Justice • Law Firms • Anonymous • In-house Lawyer
Recent Posts from Law Shucks
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This Week in Layoffs – 11/6/09
It was pretty hard to miss this week’s big news: unemployment crashed through the 10% barrier, hitting 10.2% in October – the highest level since 1983 (and, of course, worse than predicted). Underemployment also hit…
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The Case for Bonuses
Last week we mentioned in passing the possibility of bonuses: Still, there’s certainly reason for those who have survived this brutal year to believe that they’ll get a little something extra for the effort this…
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Quick Shucks – 11/2/09
Ropes’ UK team visits US HQ for City powwow | News | The Lawyer – It's a reunion for the former White & Case lawyers. Law.com – Fired Associate Launches Mimic Site to Trash-Talk Firm…
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Quick Shucks – 11/5/09
lawjobs.com Career Center – Some Deferred Associates Take the Corporate Route – More deferral stories. Looks like some firms are doing OK pawning the deferees off on corporate clients. Proskauer has placed 6 of 72,…
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The Month in Layoffs – October 09
Layoffs at major law firms were down in October after the brief uptick in September. However, there were confirmed stealth layoffs and layoffs without official numbers reported, as firms inexplicably continue to try to be…
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Quick Shucks – 10/30/09
BankruptcyBill.us » Blog Archive » Bankruptcy Bill #21 – Fantasy Bankruptcy #2 – We've said it before. If someone comes up with real fantasy bankruptcy, we'll play. Miller is obviously #1 overall, but do Goldstein…
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Quick Shucks – 10/29/09
Law.com – Deputy Assistant AG Fired After Being Caught in Cemetery With Stripper – He was night putting. Just putting. At night. With the 15-year old daughter of the dean. Treasury throws open banking crisis…
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Top Posts for October 09
Below are our top posts for October. As usual, we don’t include our regular features like This Week in Layoffs and The Month in Layoffs in the Top 10 posts for the month. A number of posts…
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This Week in Layoffs – 10/30/09
Last week we wrote that jobless claims were higher than expected and that predicting anything with any degree of confidence seemed pointless. This week, the number of people receiving unemployment benefits was lower than expected,…
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Yellowstone Resort Bankruptcy Items on Auction – Must See to Believe
Remember when we told you about the guy who would rather flip a coin than split the difference? He won that flip (and saved himself $3.75 million), but things haven’t been going so well since.…