As a growing number of law firms encourage incoming associates to push back their start dates, some firms also are offering cash to help cushion the financial blow. But exactly…
News earlier today that Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman is cutting 55 attorneys and 100 staff was soon followed by word of layoffs at two other well-known…
Corrected: Law firms at the top of a lawyer layoff list are Orrick, for the highest percentage of laid-off associates and other nonpartner lawyers, and Latham & Watkins, for the…
Although California appears to be ground zero for U.S. attorney layoffs, Richmond, Va.-based law firm Hunton & Williams is targeting the Golden State and Texas in its quest…
An associate laid off last year by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has started a website that allows users to anonymously critique partners at large law firms.
Contrary to media reports suggesting widespread lawyer dissatisfaction, a new study of 4,160 individuals who became lawyers in 2000 has found that three out of four say they are either…
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