Troutman Sanders has confirmed a 10 percent cut in what the law firm describes as “the total amount of associate pay that was budgeted for Aug. 1-Dec. 31, 2009.”
A 54-year-old woman who was fired from her job as an administrative staffer at Crowell & Moring last year claims in a lawsuit that age bias was the reason.
A lateral partner fired for failing to meet revenue projections claims in a lawsuit that Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge should have lowered its expectations after the economic downturn.
The legal profession in the United Kingdom is too socially exclusive, drawing lawyers from well-to-do families and private schools, according to a report released today.
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