Layoffs
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Biglaw, Kasowitz Benson, Lateral Moves, Layoffs, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Staff Attorneys / Discovery Attorneys, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: More About The Kasowitz Casualties
What else do we know about the recent lawyer layoffs at Kasowitz Benson? -
Biglaw, Canada, Career Alternatives, Food, In-House Counsel, Kasowitz Benson, Law Schools, Layoffs, Morning Docket, Sports, You Go Girl
Morning Docket: 02.21.14
* A source says the casualties at Kasowitz were a matter of “managing the pipeline” after work involving the credit crisis dried up. Don’t worry, he says the firm’s still really busy. Aww, someone will believe you. [New York Law Journal]
* Sorry, folks, but if you want to work in Biglaw, taking classes during law school like “Law and Unicorns” isn’t going to cut it. Try to stick to the boring stuff, and you probably won’t get dinged as often. [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post]
* Oregon’s AG is refusing to defend the state’s ban on same-sex marriage because it “cannot withstand a federal constitutional challenge under any standard of review.” That’s just fabulous, darling. [Bloomberg]
* Career alternatives for attorneys: Olympic gold medalist. Jennifer Jones, in-house counsel at National Bank Financial, helped Canada’s curling team take the win this week in Sochi. You go, girl! [The Star]
* Say hi to this century’s Stella Liebeck. A woman is suing Dunkin’ Donuts after suffering second and third degree burns to her crotchal region after spilling her hot apple cider. [New Jersey Law Journal (reg. req.)]
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Biglaw, Layoffs, Outsourcing, Staff Layoffs, Technology
Nationwide Layoff Watch: The Upside Of Outsourcing?
Which top-tier law firm is conducting staff layoffs due to outsourcing -- and could this be a good thing in the end, for both the firm and the employees?
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Arnold & Porter, Biglaw, Layoffs, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Staff Layoffs
Voluntary Buyouts Offered By Yet Another Top-Tier Law Firm
This firm isn't conducting layoffs just yet. Instead, it's offering generous buyout packages. -
Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Layoffs, Litigators, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Real Estate, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Sheppard Mullin, Staff Layoffs
What's Going On At Bingham McCutchen?
Tumbling profits, partner departures, staff layoffs -- can't Bingham get a break? -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Staff Layoffs
Voluntary Buyout Watch: Stepping On Toes To Prune Personnel
Which firm are we talking about, and how many heads are expected to roll with its planned cuts? -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Kasowitz Benson, Layoffs, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Staff Attorneys / Discovery Attorneys, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Casualties At Kasowitz Benson
So what have we heard thus far about the Kasowitz cuts? -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Layoffs, Money, Severance, Staff Layoffs, Technology
Nationwide Layoff Watch: More Reorganization, More Layoffs
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Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Layoffs, Money, Videos
Even Professor Hitler Is Feeling The Pinch Of Law School Cutbacks
Tenured professors freak out in a bunker when they realize they're soon going to be begging for work -- like mere students. -
American Bar Association / ABA, Bar Exams, Biglaw, Law Professors, Law Schools, Layoffs, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Money, Morning Docket, Music, Partner Profits, Texas, You Go Girl
Morning Docket: 02.07.14
* According to the latest Citi report, the Am Law 50 outperformed the rest of their ilk in terms of net profits and profits per equity partner. As for the rest, ha ha ha, enjoy all of your “modest” returns. [Am Law Daily]
* The ABA’s Standards Review Committee is close to a decision on its bar-exam passage standard for accreditation. It’s tough to protect students and law schools at the same time. [National Law Journal]
* Oh my! Professors at Albany Law are incredibly pissed the school would dare imply they suggested lowering academic standards to put asses in seats and stave off faculty layoffs. [New York Law Journal]
* Wendy Davis has left her position at Cantey Hanger, one of Fort Worth’s largest law firms, to dedicate herself fully to her bid to become Texas’ Next Top Governor. You stand, girl! [Fort Worth Star-Telegram]
* Yuna, a Malaysian pop star with a law degree who’s worked with artists like Pharrell, doesn’t think she’ll be able to fall back on her J.D. now that she’s in America. Funny, because many Americans feel exactly the same way. [Pittsburgh City Paper]
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Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Layoffs, Money
Tenured Faculty Cuts Are Coming To A New York Law School -- But Which One? And When?
Which law school is the latest to announce a possible pruning of its ranks? -
Crime, Facebook, Gay Marriage, Layoffs, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.23.14
* Justin Bieber has hired Miami’s Roy Black to represent him in his DUI and drag racing arrest. This news is most welcome to E! who is salivating over the prospect of The Biebs making a cameo on the Real Housewives where Roy’s wife stars. [People] * Oh, morons. If the police post that they’re looking for you on Facebook, don’t share that on your personal page. [Legal Juice] * Virginia’s Attorney General, Mark R. Herring, decided to “pull a Holder” and stop enforcing the state’s gay marriage ban. Welcome, Virginia, to the ranks of progressive states like Utah and Oklahoma. [New York Times] * Slate’s Dear Prudence got a request for advice from a lawyer. To quote our tipster, “This is just the usual tale of (lawyer) boy meets (lawyer) girl, falls in love, and then gets an inferiority complex because she has been more successful than he.” [Slate] * Why make data-driven decisions, when rash emotional outbursts are so much more fun? Well, Jay Edelson and Chandler Givens explain why clients need to be counseled to make more logical decisions. [Legal Solutions Blog / Thompson Reuters] * Husch Blackwell kicked off the 2014 layoffs. In a lot of ways, the folks worst off will be the laid off staff. [Law and More] * Registration is open for this year’s Lawyernomics conference. Our own David Lat will be speaking. [Avvo] -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: A Reorganization Claims More Jobs
Which Biglaw firm, recently recognized as a "best place to work" by Fortune and Crain's, is shedding a few dozen jobs?
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Biglaw, Layoffs, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Ringing In The New Year With Unemployment Woes
Which Biglaw firm just sent more than 20 employees packing to stand on the bread line? -
Ask the Experts, Biglaw, Layoffs, Old People, Partner Issues
From Across the Desk: Hard Conversations 101
One of the thorniest issues any leader has to deal with is telling senior-level underperformers that they’d be better off elsewhere. -
Biglaw, Law Firm Mergers, Layoffs, Locke Lord, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Patton Boggs, Staff Layoffs
Can Patton Boggs Escape From The Swamp?
How is Patton Boggs trying to save itself, and will its plan work? -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Staff Layoffs
Voluntary Buyout Watch: The Bloom Is Off The Rose At This Firm
Yet another large law firm is trying to trim its ranks. Which one is it this time? -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Locke Lord, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, New Jersey, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Patton Boggs, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Slimming Down For The Holidays
Guess which firm just laid off both support staff and lawyers? -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Staff Layoffs
Voluntary Buyout Watch: Because Computers Are Better Employees Than You
Yet another large law firm is trying to trim its ranks. Which one this time? -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Severance, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Law Firm Spreads Holiday Jeers, Trims Ranks Like Turkey
Yet another large law firm is conducting significant cuts. Which one is it this time?