Layoffs
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Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Layoffs, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Severance, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Major Cuts Come To Weil Gotshal
How many lawyers and staff are being laid off? A surprisingly high number, into the triple digits.... -
Cellphones, Layoffs, Michael Jackson, Movies, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Staff Layoffs, Technology, Trials
Non-Sequiturs: 06.21.23
* I would totally go see “Jaws 2013: Lawyers On The Beach.” [The Legal Geeks] * Downey Brand laid off support staff this week. Man, I thought that laundry detergent was recession-proof… oh, wait, I’m being told that Downey Brand is law firm, a very well-scented law firm. [ABA Journal] * Sleep expert testifies in Michael Jackson case. Keeps jurors awake! [Expert Witness Blog] * It’s illegal to burn you ex’s clothes? Bah. Next you’re going to tell me you can’t set fire to his car. [Legal Juice] * Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance’s inability to prosecute his political rivals makes it harder for him to do whatever he wants by threatening his political rivals with prosecution. That’s not exactly a bad thing. [Simple Justice] * Oh look, the FAA might finally acknowledge that making people turn off their electronic devices during takeoff and landing is a stupid rule that has absolutely no bearing whatsoever on flight safety. [Wall Street Journal] - Sponsored
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The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get… -
Biglaw, Crowell & Moring, Layoffs, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Severance, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Secretarial Separations Softened By Substantial Severance
That's a rather generous voluntary severance package, isn't it?
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Biglaw, Layoffs, Partner Issues, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: One Firm's Flight From Atlanta
One large law firm is shutting down its money-losing Atlanta office. How many people will be affected? -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Partner Issues, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: And Then They Came For Management
Just because you're in management doesn't mean you're safe from layoffs. -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Staff Attorneys / Discovery Attorneys, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Staff Attorneys Getting Shafted
Staff attorneys are not immune to the layoffs sweeping the land. Here's news of double-digit cuts at one firm. -
Biglaw, Federal Circuit, Intellectual Property, Layoffs, Litigators, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Patents, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Negative News From New York and D.C.
Sources report significant lawyer and staff layoffs at Dickstein Shapiro. What might be driving the cuts? -
Biglaw, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, Edwards Wildman, Layoffs, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Bad News From Boston
In the words of one expert, "given the rise of the machines, human labor is worth less and less in the marketplace." Cue the latest news in staff layoffs.... - Sponsored
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Akin Gump, Biglaw, Layoffs, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Feeling the Pain at Akin
How much longer can layoffs, especially staff layoffs and "stealth" layoffs of lawyers, go on? -
Allen & Overy, Biglaw, Layoffs, Magic Circle, Outsourcing, Partner Issues, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Magic Circle Firm Makes Lawyers and Staff Disappear
Staffers and lawyers are heading out the door, in the wake of a management change. -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Staff Layoffs, Tax Law
A Mysterious Partner Departure -- Plus Stealth Layoffs? -- at Cleary Gottlieb
Which up-and-coming partner just left Cleary Gottieb? And who else is departing from CGSH? -
Biglaw, Kramer Levin, Layoffs, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Voluntary Separations at Two Major Law Firms
Kramer Levin and Sullivan & Cromwell are trimming headcount. -
In-House Counsel, Layoffs
House Rules: Don’t Let the Door Hit You On the...
In-house columnist David Mowry offers up some advice on how you can prepare yourself for a layoff.
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Biglaw, Layoffs, Mergers and Acquisitions, Partner Issues, Romance and Dating
Buying In: Passed Over for Partner (Interview No. 1)
What happens to people who get passed over for partnership at their firms? Anonymous Partner interviews one to find out. -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Buying In: The Bottom Ten
How should Biglaw deal publicly with partner layoffs and de-equitizations? Anonymous Partner shares his opinions. -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Voluntary Departures at Latham
Is Lathaming about to return to Latham? -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Layoffs, Money, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Staff Layoffs, Supreme Court Clerks
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Days Are Numbered for Some at Jones Day
If you're a Supreme Court clerk, Jones Day is a great place to be. But some folks in less exalted positions are being shown the door at the firm.... -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Lateral Moves, Layoffs, Practice Pointers, Small Law Firms
From Biglaw to Boutique: Job Security
Tom Wallerstein thinks that running your own firm offers more job security than working in Biglaw. -
Biglaw, Contract Attorneys, David Boies, Gay Marriage, Job Searches, Law Schools, Layoffs, Lindsay Lohan, Money, Morning Docket, New Jersey, Public Interest, Rankings, SCOTUS, Student Loans, Supreme Court, U.S. News
Morning Docket: 03.14.13
* Celebrated litigator David Boies thinks the Supreme Court is going to rule in favor of gay marriage in a united front — which is helpful, since in March he’s arguing in favor of gay marriage in the Prop 8 case. [USA Today]
* “What we had to do was do more with less.” Archer & Greiner had to lay off 14 attorneys and 27 staffers thanks to the firm’s rapid overexpansion via mergers. This is why we can’t have nice things. [New Jersey Law Journal]
* In New York / Concrete jungle where dreams are made of / There’s nothing you can’t do / Now you’re in New York / Law deans will try to inspire you / But rankings will ruin you / Hear it for New York! [New York Law Journal]
* If you’d like to save the world by working a public-interest job, you’d better consider Penn Law. Its LRAP now covers all IBR loan payments over 10 years for a total savings of up to $140,000. [National Law Journal]
* But then again, if you’re not interested in public-interest work, you can always get a temp job, where you’ll allegedly make as much as “a mid-level associate at a small or medium firm.” [U.S. News & World Report]
* Because Lindsay Lohan’s lawyer was called out by a judge for a performance that was almost as piss poor in his client’s in Liz & Dick, he contacted a local firm to step in and assist him. [L.A. Now / Los Angeles Times]
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Biglaw, D.C. Circuit, Deaths, Department of Justice, Election Law, Law Schools, Layoffs, Money, Morning Docket, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 03.11.13
* The triple-dog dare: a technique employed to show off how just efficient American democracy is, or something that’s just so ridiculous it might work in the Senate when it comes to judicial filibusters for appeals court nominees. [New York Times]
* If the Supreme Court were to strike down Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, the Obama administration has a plan in the works from the last time they thought the Supreme Court was going to strike down the very same section. [Huffington Post]
* It takes more than one legal memo to justify the killing of an American overseas — just ask the guys from the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel who rationalized the drone strike against Anwar al-Awlaki. [New York Times]
* Remember the Winston & Strawn stealth associate layoffs of 2012? Those weren’t layoffs, silly. They just left “because of reduced demand for junior lawyers.” Also, we have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn. [Am Law Daily]
* If you’re not satisfied with your law degree after failing the bar exam, don’t worry, we’ve got a money-back guarantee. We’ll give you back 8.9% of your three-year tuition. It’s better than nothing! [National Law Journal]
* Meanwhile, if law school were only two years long instead of three, then perhaps a money-back guarantee would actually mean something. For now, it’s just one big public relations stunt. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
* Joseph Kelner, plaintiffs’ attorney in the Kent State suit and lawyer for Bernie Goetz, RIP. [New York Times]