Staff Layoffs
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Biglaw, Intellectual Property, Lateral Moves, Layoffs, Litigators, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Staff Attorneys / Discovery Attorneys, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: More WilmerHale Detail
Which offices other than Boston and Palo Alto were affected by the cuts? Plus an interesting email from last year about hiring at WilmerHale. -
Biglaw, Bloomberg, Layoffs, Reader Polls, Staff Layoffs
Is Biglaw About To Go Weiled?
A look at the results of our reader poll in response to the Weil Gotshal layoffs. - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Intellectual Property, Layoffs, Litigators, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Layoffs? What Layoffs?
This major law firm denies that it's engaging in "layoffs." Here are the facts; you be the judge.
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Biglaw, Job Searches, Layoffs, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Several Secretaries Sent Packing
Are legal secretaries an endangered species? Yet another large law firm makes cuts. -
Ask the Experts, Biglaw, Layoffs, Partner Issues, Staff Layoffs
From Across the Desk: The Weil Layoffs
Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith Esq. takes a closer look at the recent layoffs at Weil. -
Biglaw, California, Layoffs, Partner Issues, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Sayonara, San Diego
Which law firm is leaving "America's finest city," and how many lawyers and staff will be affected? -
Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Layoffs, Litigators, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Severance, Staff Layoffs
The Weil Winnowing: A Closer Look At The Layoffs
The large-scale layoffs at Weil: what does it all mean? -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Reader Polls, Staff Layoffs
Are The Weil Layoffs The Start Of A Biglaw Trend?
Will Weil Gotshal's Biglaw peers follow its lead in laying off attorneys? Take our reader poll. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Staff Layoffs, Technology
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Careers Kidnapped in Cleveland, Negated in New York
Which firm is throwing staffers overboard to prevent itself from capsizing? -
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] -
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? -
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?
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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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.... -
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?