Law Firm Layoffs Alternative: 4-Day Week for Over 100 Attorneys and Staff

A major Yorkshire law firm in the United Kingdom instituted a four-day workweek yesterday for more than 100 of its attorneys and staff members as an alternative to making layoffs…

Mar 3, 2009 6:55 PM CST

Nazi Spy Almost Cost US WW II Win, Declassified File Says

The owner of a Portuguese fishing boat came close to changing the course of World War II, a newly declassified British military file shows.

Gastao de Freitas Ferraz allegedly was…

Mar 3, 2009 6:36 PM CST

Attendance Counts for UK Associates Facing Layoffs at DLA Piper

DLA Piper associates in the United Kingdom who called in sick may feel even worse when layoff decisions are made.

The law firm has drafted six possible criteria to determine…

Feb 27, 2009 5:04 PM CST

British Lord Gets 12 Weeks for Text-Messaging Behind the Wheel

A member of the British House of Lords has been given a 12-week jail term for dangerous driving after sending text-messages while behind the wheel.

Although a solicitor for Lord…

Feb 25, 2009 8:22 PM CST

UK Firm Set to Hire at Least 10 McKee Nelson Partners for US Presence

The British law firm Ashurst is in advanced talks to acquire at least 10 finance partners from McKee Nelson, giving the British law firm a presence in New York and…

Feb 24, 2009 2:15 PM CST

A&O to Ax Up to 250 Lawyers and 200 Staff, Freeze Pay, Ask Partners for Capital

A top London-based international law firm has announced that, in response to unprecedented market conditions, it plans to cut up to 250 lawyers (including perhaps 47 partners) and…

Feb 19, 2009 5:54 PM CST

UK Law Firm Simmons & Simmons to Ax Up to 69 Employees

Another United Kingdom law firm is preparing to lay off employees.

The firm Simmons & Simmons has announced a review that could lead to layoffs of up to 20 associates…

Feb 18, 2009 2:59 PM CST

Prophet Richard Susskind Predicts the Future of Law; Internet is Key

A prophet who serves as something of a Cassandra to the legal profession is on an international tour to promote his latest book.

Initially pooh-poohed when he predicted, in 1996,…

Feb 18, 2009 12:32 AM CST

Lawyer Loses Briefcase—and Sensitive Iraq War Documents

In the latest of a series of embarrassing incidents concerning the British government’s loss of confidential information, a solicitor with a well-known United Kingdom law firm apparently had his briefcase…

Feb 17, 2009 11:59 PM CST

Spinoff Lures 3 London Partners from Cohen Milstein

There were already hard feelings about Michael Hausfeld’s departure in November, along with 17 antitrust lawyers, from the class action firm he founded.

So it likely isn’t music to the…

Feb 10, 2009 9:22 PM CST

Grad Student Threatens to Sue Over Destruction of Rare Lizard Dung

Offered $750 in compensation and an apology after Leeds University mistakenly discarded an unmarked bag full of 75 pounds or so of rare lizard dung during an office cleanout, a…

Feb 6, 2009 6:41 PM CST

‘Limited Turnover’ at Paul Hastings in Atlanta Office

Some lawyers have been let go at the Atlanta office of Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker, but the layoffs are nothing unusual, the firm says.

In a…

Feb 4, 2009 1:27 AM CST