A legal blog is characterizing layoffs at White & Case as a “trifecta” because the law firm has the highest number of lawyer layoffs, staff layoffs and total layoffs.
A partner at Patton Boggs with an expertise in white-collar criminal defense has been elected to head the players union for the National Football League.
Employment litigation, in general, is increasing, and laid-off lawyers certainly should be able to recognize a possible cause of action as quickly as most potential plaintiffs.
In a move that may not elicit much pity from lower-paid lawyers, Dewey & LeBoeuf has chopped the pay of 66 partners over the past 15 months, axing it by…
The Senate has confirmed former WilmerHale partner David Ogden to be deputy attorney general, despite some controversy over his past representation of clients such as…
A spokeswoman for Dallas-based Winstead has confirmed that the law firm is canceling its summer associate program this year, but she offers few details.
Anna Nicole Smith’s lawyer boyfriend and two of her doctors have been accused of supplying her with prescription drugs, often for no legitimate purpose.
With news this afternoon of layoffs at two more well-known law firms, the total number of known attorney and staff terminations since Feb. 27 now tops 2,800.
As other major law partnerships reluctantly make layoffs, a BigLaw firm headquartered in the United Kingdom has come up with an unusual recession alternative.
Updated: There was a seeming lull yesterday in the ongoing deluge of law firm layoffs announcements. But as the clock ticked today, the pace began picking up significantly.
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