Usually, Detroit doesn’t make the news unless something terrible is happening there.
Today is no different.
Word out of Crain’s Detroit Business is that the two biggest law firms in the city are laying off lawyers and staff:

Detroit’s two largest local law firms by reported revenue and number of attorneys — Dykema Gossett P.L.L.C. and Miller Canfield Paddock and Stone plc — together confirmed laying off 30 attorneys and 30 staff late Monday; but it was unclear how many were sent packing in Southeast Michigan.

The firms are blaming the layoffs on the economy.

“The firm has provided those who are leaving with severance benefits during this difficult time,” Dykema Chairman and CEO Rex Schlaybaugh Jr. said in a statement. “This reduction is based on the economic climate.”

Does anybody have any positive news to report about the Detroit economy? If so, please share in the comments. Anything positive will do, I’d settle for a story about how a local Detroit retailer is working on a streak of 100 days without having his store windows smashed in.
Dykema cuts, Miller Canfield cuts again [Crain's Detroit Business]
Dykema; Miller Canfield Layoff 60 [ABA Journal]
File Under ‘Not Too Surprising’: Detroit’s Biggest Firms Cut Lawyers [WSJ Law Blog]
Earlier: Prior ATL coverage of law firm layoffs