Layoffs
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Biglaw, Litigators
The 'Fundamental Shift' In The Litigation Market That May Cost Lawyers Their Jobs
What could be causing this upset in the litigation market? -
Layoffs, Money
Lawyers Flee, Layoffs Follow After Biglaw Firm's Pay Problems
Uh-oh! This firm is leaking lawyers like a sieve. - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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, Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Litigators Left Longing For Labor
Which firm is trying to quietly reduce its attorney headcount?
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Old People
Old Lady Lawyer: The Mushroom Theory Of Management And Succession Planning
What will happen to your clients if you are laid off? -
Law Schools, Layoffs
This Law School's Enrollment Is Down By Almost 80 Percent
How will this struggling law school be able to survive? -
Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Déjà Vu All Over Again: Peter Kalis Of K&L Gates Strikes Back At Law360
Peter Kalis has some sick burns for Law360, which he claims "is not taken seriously as a journalistic organ." -
Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Barbarians At The K&L Gates?
Partner departures, staff layoffs, and an office closing, oh my. -
Boutique Law Firms, Intellectual Property, Kenyon & Kenyon, Partner Issues
What's Going On At Kenyon & Kenyon?
It sounds like this prominent intellectual-property firm is in trouble. - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
Layoffs
Yet Another Large Firm Shuts Down, Leaving Nearly 300 Jobless
This is turning out to be a cruel, cruel summer for law firms. -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Layoffs
An Interesting Dilemma For Laid-Off Lawyers
What advice would you give to this associate caught between a rock and a hard place? -
Biglaw, Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Biglaw Firm Hands Out 100+ Pink Slips
Which firm would do such a thing in the middle of summer associate season? -
Layoffs
Large Law Firm Faces Class-Action Suit After Laying Off Nearly 700 Legal Professionals
This law firm may be forced to pay for what it’s done after abruptly uprooting the lives of so many. -
Law Schools, Layoffs
The Absolute Worst Way To Run A Law School
More faculty layoffs for a school that can't figure out what it's doing.
Sponsored
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Layoffs
Large Firm Unexpectedly Closes Its Doors, Leaves Nearly 700 Jobless
This is a complete catastrophe. Which firm just left hundreds of lawyers and clients in the lurch? -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 05.15.15
* “What Law Firms Can Learn From the Business Decisions of ‘Mad Men.'” I’m hoping the answer is “more drinking on the job.” [Legal Times]
* Hillary Clinton pledges to nominate SCOTUS justices who will overturn Citizens United. And if you agree with her, she’ll gladly accept your unlimited donations to her *wink* unaffiliated SuperPAC. [Jezebel]
* Seema Iyer talks about one of our favorite recent cases, Driskell v. Homosexuals. [MSNBC]
* Sometimes getting fired can be a positive. As they say the Chinese word for crisis contains the word “opportunity.” Crisitunity. [Wisconsin Lawyer]
* A great detailed piece on California’s recent decision to grant a law license to Hong Yen Chang, the Columbia Law grad denied his license over 100 years ago on the grounds of his “Mongolian nativity.” [Bloomberg BNA / Big Law Business]
* Bad: Being wrongfully convicted. Worse: The system strong-arming the wronged into signing away their right to compensation. [LFC 360]
* Should graduate students and adjuncts unionize? Depends. Do they want to be exploited by an unappreciative institution until their souls are sucked dry? Yes? Then no. [New York Times]
* Sen. Toomey wants Judge L. Felipe Restrepo on the Third Circuit. Maybe he should start talking to his obstructionist colleagues instead of whining to the paper. [Constitutional Accountability Center]
* PacerPro to automatically retrieve documents referenced in notices of electronic filing from PACER. That can help cut down on some mistakes… eh, Sidley Austin? [Law Sites]
* Thomson Reuters has a new social network for small law firms. For every post, users can push a little “thumbs up” icon to express, “I [and my successors, assigns, and heirs of my body, indicate my generally warm feelings, reserving all rights to reverse or withdraw this endorsement at any time for any reason whatsoever notwithstanding any prior representations] This!” [Legal Research & Writing Pro]
* The 2015 World Championship BBQ Cooking Contest in Memphis is this weekend. How does that relate to ATL? Bob Cornish, a D.C.-based attorney at Phillips Lytle LLP and a trained and certified expert in BBQ is a judge. [Memphis In May]
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Biglaw, Layoffs, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: 'Technological Changes' Claim Another 29 Jobs
First this firm tried voluntary buyouts; now it's resorting to layoffs. -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Biglaw Firm Will Shutter Atlanta Office
The Big Peach left a sour taste in the mouth of which Am Law 200 firm? -
Nauseating Things, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 04.03.15
* Nationwide Layoff Watch: Steptoe & Johnson (no, not that Steptoe, the other one). [ABA Journal]
* Personally I prefer my coffee with whole milk, thank you very much. [CBS Minnesota]
* And I wouldn’t get violent over salsa — but guacamole is another story. [Lowering the Bar]
* Attending CLE while intoxicated: grounds for suspension, or brilliant idea? [Legal Profession Blog]
* Professor Steve Sanders on Indiana RFRA’s “political jiu jitsu: all the force and passion that had impelled the RFRA forward suddenly got turned against its proponents, to devastating effect.” [Huffington Post]
* What’s your favorite word of legalese? [Library of Congress]
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ACLU, Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Lawyers Swept Out For Spring Cleaning
It's sad that even our nation's do-gooders can't escape the cruelty of layoffs. -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Quote of the Day
Wachtell Lipton, Looking Out For The Little Guy
Who needs to resort to layoffs when your profits per partner are this high?