Last Month in Layoffs
It already looks like September will be a month rife with layoffs. But before we bunker down for a bumpy fall, let’s take one last look at the end of a peaceful summer. Law Shucks has done his monthly round-up of an August that was mild on the layoff front:
The month set records (in a good way) in every major category: fewest total layoffs, layoffs of lawyers, layoff of legal staff, firms laying people off, etc.Most notably, for the first time since December 2008, there was a week without a layoff.
Is it just the eye of the storm, or are big layoffs in Biglaw a thing of the past? Click the link below for all of the charts and trend lines.
The Month in Layoffs - August 09 [Law Shucks]
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I don't see what this has to do with the Latham layoffs. Please moderate.
MPRE scores for august are available online now
turd on the corn pic. I mean third
Not the eye - the cornhole of the storm.
Mystal,
I think you've barely covered the tip of the iceberg of all the layoffs that occurred in Biglaw over the past year. You need to get out there and work your sources. If you do not have sources, then develop some.
isn't it "hunker" down?
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why, yes it is. ouch.....
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Now that the summer associates have left it is safe to resume layoffs...
boring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MPRE SCORES ARE IN!!!!!!!!!!
How you like me now?
5,
His sources get laid off before he can develop them. C'est dommage. Apres Elie ?
What's this eye of the storm BS? That doesn't make sense. Why would we hit a round of layoffs that mirror the first round? Did Goldman just tank?
I suppose it doesn't do much for Law Shucks' staff job security to start reporting that they aren't going to have as many lay offs. Hope they got a new sexy stat to start tracking.
Please god, let these words not come back to haunt me.
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Come on, why is it 11:36pm EDT and nobody has started any unfounded rumors of layoffs at XYZ LLP?
Aren't there rumors of another round at Skadden?