A law professor says changes in law firm structures are contributing to high labor costs and financial problems that are causing some firms to crumble.
Most American lawyers expect the recession to affect a broad swath of the legal profession and last for quite some time. Our survey was answered by 14,307 attorneys—more than 1.3…
White-shoe law firms Heller Ehrman and Thelen dissolve, leaving hundreds of lawyers to fend for themselves in an extremely competitive legal market. White & Case lays off 70 associates; Cadwalader,…
Updated: Thacher Proffitt & Wood, rumored to be on the brink of dissolution, has suffered a debilitating blow with the loss of about 100 of its lawyers to Sonnenschein Nath…
A well-known corporate and intellectual property boutique in Silicon Valley has laid off eight of its 90 associates, including half of its first-year class in its biggest office.
In a move apparently initially kept secret even from the attorneys affected, Philadelphia-based Dechert laid off 72 staff members throughout the country.
Large law firms are “immensely fragile institutions” and some of them aren’t likely to survive another year, according to a law professor who has studied firm management structures.
Pennsylvania may be more insulated from Wall Street’s woes, but that apparently hasn’t stopped two Philadelphia-based law firms from cutting associates.
On Friday, WolfBlock laid off 15 associates and Drinker…
It’s been well over 10 years since attorney Deb Volberg Pagnotta was fired from her job as acting general counsel of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. But…
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