In an effort to thwart additional recession-related layoffs, Chadbourne & Parke announced the firm is slicing the salaries of associates, administrative personnel and other staff for the remainder of 2009,…
Confusion reigned yesterday at a career fair put together on short notice to help nearly one-third of the graduating class at New York University School of Law find work. After…
So many law firms have deferred the start date for entering first-year associates that a number reportedly are having difficulty finding jobs at nonprofit organizations.
The fate of WolfBlock’s retirees when the 106-year-old firm dissolved prompted us to take a closer look at unfunded pension liabilties in the legal industry. And the consultants we spoke…
Adding another name to a small but growing list of well-known law firms cutting attorney pay, Robinson & Cole has announced that all associate and counsel salaries will be reduced…
In an unusual decision that could be persuasive in other courts, a Wisconsin appellate panel has recognized the power of an arbitration panel to order reinstatement of an in-house lawyer…
Imposing a roughly 10-percent pay cut that will be less for some and more for others, a well-known 530-attorney Southeast and Atlantic regional firm says there has been a sea…
Financial disclosure forms filed by the many lawyers newly appointed by President Barack Obama to White House jobs provide a motherlode of information about what they were earning in their…
Beset by high-flying associate pay—which was boosted, at many firms, not long before the economy went into a tailspin—a number of partners are now pondering a new question: How low…
Law firms have emerged from a period of never-ending growth to a new era of efficiency, according to a former managing partner of Arnold & Porter who is now a…
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