Although major law firm layoffs have seemingly slowed down from the blistering pace set during the first 10 days of March, the end-of-month total is still a stunning figure.
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell has confirmed that it laid off associates, counsel and staff today in all 13 of the law firm’s offices. Partners were spared, however.
The top four floors of a 12-story office building in Oakland, Calif., was evacuated today after a suspicious package was personally delivered to the office of civil rights attorney Mar 31, 2009 9:43 PM CDT
In a second round of layoffs since December, Reed Smith is letting go 26 attorneys and 74 staff members in its United States and United Kingdom offices because of a…
Some securities class action law firms are seeing an influx of cases spurred by the financial downturn and lots of resumés from lawyers working at large law firms.
The state of Connecticut is being sued by a group of prominent lawyers over its plan to transfer $2 million from the Client Security Fund to resolve a budget shortfall,…
A prominent New York lawyer complained bitterly when his law office was raided last month by Suffolk County authorities. But now George Guldi is in a better position to object…
When Chiquita Tate met her husband-to-be, she fell for him—hard. Now he is accused of murdering the up-and-coming Louisiana attorney, whose body was found last month in her Baton Rouge…
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