Recession

Law schools are scrambling to figure out a way to employ their graduates. What better way than to teach them how to become solo practitioners?

What results from the coupling of an angel and a wild man? One might think: angel + wild man = air traffic nightmare. In the law firm context, however, the result is quite different. Edwards Angell is merging with Wildman Harrold, to form Edwards Wildman Palmer. What else do we know about Edwards Wildman Palmer? And what might be motivating this merger?

On Monday, the stock market experienced its biggest drop since 2008. What's frightening about the latest economic turmoil is that it comes on the heels of a brutal recession that the U.S. economy has not yet fully recovered from. Are we entering the second dip of a double-dip recession? If so, what does that mean for law firms and lawyers?

We’ve already titillated you with an interview of one of the Apprentice contestants, former Clifford Chance associate James Weir. Now we’ll get our first look at the rest of the contestants on tonight’s premiere of The Apprentice, which this season is built around a recession theme (and stocked with a number of layoff victims, including […]

Mayer Brown associates got a disturbing email this morning: After careful consideration, the firm has decided to implement a job reduction in our US offices that will affect 28 associates and counsel and 47 staff members. This can’t be good news for the firm’s incoming mutineers who are still waiting to hear back about their […]