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  • Law Shucks, Layoffs

    This Week in Layoffs: 05.25.09

    [Ed. note: Above the Law has teamed up with Law Shucks. Law Shucks has done excellent work translating all of the layoff news into user-friendly charts and graphs: the Layoff Tracker.] No! So close! We had this whole piece written on the optimistic assumption that this would be the first full week without a layoff […]
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  • Law Shucks, Layoffs

    This Week in Layoffs: 05.15.09

    [Ed. note: Above the Law has teamed up with Law Shucks. Law Shucks has done excellent work translating all of the layoff news into user-friendly charts and graphs: the Layoff Tracker.] As usual, we start with the big-picture number, and once again, it’s not good. Initial jobless claims were up to 637,000 last week, from […]
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  • Law Shucks, Layoffs

    This Week in Layoffs: 05.11.09

    [Ed. note: Above the Law has teamed up with Law Shucks. Law Shucks has done excellent work translating all of the layoff news into user-friendly charts and graphs: the Layoff Tracker.] Indulge us at Law Shucks for a brief editorial. Two recent tragedies compel us to provide some context. We don’t write this series and […]
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  • Law Shucks, Layoffs

    This Week in Layoffs: 05.02.09

    [Ed. note: Above the Law has teamed up with Law Shucks. Law Shucks has done excellent work translating all of the layoff news into user-friendly charts and graphs: the Layoff Tracker.] Happy International Workers’ Day, comrades! In light of the scarcity of jobs, we expect few lawyers will be taking to the streets to protest […]
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  • Law Shucks, Layoffs

    This Week in Layoffs: 04.25.09

    [Ed. note: Above the Law has teamed up with Law Shucks. Law Shucks has done excellent work translating all of the layoff news into user-friendly charts and graphs: the Layoff Tracker.] First time jobless claims ticked back up again last week, up 27,000 to 640,000, continuing the 12-week run of record number of people staying […]
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  • Layoffs

    This Week in Layoffs: 04.04.09

    [Ed. note: Above the Law has teamed up with Law Shucks. Law Shucks has done excellent work translating all of the layoff news into user-friendly charts and graphs: the Layoff Tracker.] Unemployment hit a 25-year high in February, reaching 8.5%, and the legal industry isn’t immune. Fortunately, April hasn’t gotten off to the roaring start […]
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  • Law Shucks, Layoffs

    This Week in Layoffs: 03.28.09

    [Ed. note: Above the Law has teamed up with Law Shucks. Law Shucks has done excellent work translating all of the layoff news into user-friendly charts and graphs: the Layoff Tracker.] Things are either quieting down or it’s just the calm before the storm. We suspect the latter. Although there were more people laid off […]
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  • Layoffs

    This Week In Layoffs: 03.21.09

    [Ed. note: Above the Law has teamed up with Law Shucks. Law Shucks has done excellent work translating all of the layoff news into user-friendly charts and graphs: the Layoff Tracker.] For the first time this year, we had three consecutive business days without any major firms announcing layoffs. As in Erich Maria Remarque’s novel, […]
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    This Week In Layoffs: 03.14.09

    [Ed. note: Above the Law has teamed up with Law Shucks. Law Shucks has done excellent work translating all of the layoff news into user-friendly charts and graphs: the Layoff Tracker.] The trend for this week is returning to the well. We’re seeing a number of firms that have had previous layoffs trimming further. White […]
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  • Layoffs

    This Week In Layoffs: 03.07.09

    [Ed. note: Above the Law has teamed up with Lawshucks. Lawshucks has done excellent work translating all of the layoff news into user-friendly charts and graphs: the Layoff Tracker.] Turns out last week was just a break in the storm. When “only” 560 people in major firms lost their job, we thought it was a […]
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