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  • Law Shucks, Layoffs

    This Week in Layoffs: 06.13.09

    [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.] That’s it? We’re looking for that one perfect week of no layoffs and we lose it to a Tennessee firm and two UK firms? […]
  • Law Shucks, Layoffs

    This Week in Layoffs: 06.06.09

    [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.] In perhaps an overabundance of exuberance for even the faintest glimmer of good news, media are celebrating the May unemployment report. The 345,000 jobs […]
  • Law Shucks, Layoffs

    This Week In Layoffs: 05.30.09

    [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.] Alright, this is getting ridiculous. Last week, no real layoffs until Ropes & Gray got busted doing stealth layoffs at 11:00 on Friday morning. […]
  • 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 […]
  • 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 […]
  • 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 […]
  • 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 […]
  • 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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  • 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 […]