Office Closings
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Biglaw
Biglaw Compensation Leader To Close Office By Year's End
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Biglaw
Biglaw Firm To Close Three Offices, Likely Perform Layoffs
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.11.17
* “[W]e will do whatever we have to do to properly protect his rights vis a vis the company.” Film producer and accused rapist Harvey Weinstein has hired Hollywood power lawyer Patricia Glaser to represent him in his fight against his own company. [Hollywood Reporter]
* Hogan Lovells has been in the legal press a lot lately for its decision to shut things down, like careers. Now, the firm has decided to shut down an office in a far away land called Ulaanbaatar that you’ve likely never heard of before. [Legal Week]
* What’s the easiest way to get a new practice group running? By acquiring a boutique firm that’s got an “innovative approach.” That’s what LeClairRyan did when it swallowed up Pizzo & Haman, a workers’ compensation firm which is unique in that… its attorneys charge more than others in the same practice area. [Am Law Daily]
* Enrollment has gone up in a major way at the Appalachian School of Law. The school’s new 1L class is about 86 percent larger than last year’s entering class, and its overall enrollment has increased by almost 40 percent. Considering that the school has been struggling in recent years, this must be nice for everyone in Grundy. [WCYB]
* “What Could Equifax CLO John Kelley Have Done Differently?” Literally, anything. [Corporate Counsel]
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Biglaw, Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Biglaw Firm Tells Underperforming Office To Go Frack Itself
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Biglaw, Partner Issues
DLA Piper Forced To Close Struggling Office Due To Defections
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Biglaw, Layoffs, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Biglaw Firm Will Shutter Atlanta Office
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9th Circuit, Associate Salaries, Biglaw, California, Education / Schools, Federal Judges, Gay Marriage, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Rudeness, State Judges
Morning Docket: 05.15.14
* The times are a-changin’ for Biglaw in many ways, and lawyers may soon see their starting pay take a dive because clients think they “continue to be too expensive.” [WSJ Law Blog]
* Foley & Lardner plans to shutter its San Diego shop, following in the footsteps of other Biglaw behemoths. Not to worry, no one’s been laid off — that we know of, that is. [Am Law Daily]
* Say hello to Alabama Law’s new dean, Mark Brandon. Maybe he’ll be the man to propel the school to a #5 ranking in a publication other than National Jurist. ROLL TIDE! [National Law Journal]
* Earlier this week, an Idaho judge struck down the state’s ban on gay marriage, and now she’s refusing to issue a stay. Good on you, judge, but the Ninth Circuit may put those marriages in limbo for a while. [NPR]
* Speaking of judges who’re refusing to stay same-sex marriage rulings, last night, the Arkansas Supreme Court turned down the state attorney general’s request to put a stop to marriage equality. [USA Today]
* A lawyer working as Board of Education president in Mahopac, New York, resigned from his position after calling a PTA volunteer a “chubby wubby” at a school board meeting. That’s not very nice. [Journal News]
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Biglaw, California, Layoffs, Partner Issues, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Sayonara, San Diego
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Biglaw, Layoffs, Partner Issues, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: One Firm's Flight From Atlanta
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Biglaw, California, Lateral Moves, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues
Whatever Happened to Baker & McKenzie - San Diego?
Remember all the rumors about Baker & McKenzie's San Diego office closing? Did that ever come to pass? -
Biglaw, California, Intellectual Property, Litigators, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues
Is Baker & McKenzie Closing in San Diego?
The mega-firm of Baker & McKenzie has a global footprint, with 70 offices in 42 countries. It’s one of the world’s largest law firms, in terms of both headcount and revenue. But are Baker’s 70 offices about to become… 69? For weeks, reports have been circulating about the possible demise of the firm’s outpost in […]