For BigLaw associates cringing every time they pass a partner in the firm’s hallways and staggering under the weight of the “work” they carry home at night to appear busy,…
Associates and staff were low-hanging fruit waiting to be cut in law firm layoffs. Start dates for new attorneys have been delayed, salaries have been frozen and benefits formerly taken…
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said yesterday that he has persuaded 15 of the top 20 bonus recipients at AIG to return the money, and it may be possible…
Partners at the United Kingdom law firm Clifford Chance voted yesterday to approve a partnership restructuring that will force some of their own out the door.
Growing up in Motown as a barber’s daughter taught Denise Palmieri early on that one person’s financial well-being is interconnected with how others are doing.
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