A legal consultant speaking to marketing partners last week bandied about the words “fundamental changes” and “fundamental shift” to describe how the law firm business model will likely change in…
The intellectual property law firm Fish & Richardson says it has fired 49 lawyers since November, and some of the dismissals were for financial reasons.
Corrected: Among those reportedly being cut from the corporate ranks of Merrill Lynch after the investment bank’s merger with Bank of America last year is Merrill Lynch vice chairman and…
More than 2,500 partners jumped from one large law firm to another in the year ending Sept. 30, a number that doesn’t even include lawyers joining new firms as a…
Up to 120 associates and 150 support staffers in Linklaters’ London office are facing the prospect of lost jobs in a program reportedly dubbed Linklaters New World.
As news of new law firm layoffs and associate pay freezes seemingly breaks almost daily, worried third-year law students are anticipating rough landings into the post-graduate world of work.
Most of the remaining lawyers in a New York intellectual property boutique that has been dwindling for the past two years are at least thinking about joining Locke Lord Bissell…
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