Severance
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Small Law Firms
If I Worked As An Associate Attorney, I Might Want The 'Severance' Procedure
Many lawyers would add years to their lives and have less gray hair if they were unable to remember the matters that caused them stress in the workplace. -
Labor / Employment, On The Job
The SEC Doesn't Like Your Employment Agreements
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Andrews Kurth, Biglaw, Kenyon & Kenyon, Layoffs, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Mass Lateral Hire, Mass Support-Staff Fire
This deal saved many jobs, but not all of them.
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Biglaw, Layoffs, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: 60 Positions Across 22 U.S. Offices
Have the associate pay raises led to staff layoffs throughout Biglaw? -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: 150 To 200 Jobs Is A Lot Of Jobs
It has been a while since we've seen job cuts this large in Biglaw. -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Banished Beyond The Gates
The cuts, which hit multiple departments and offices, are just the latest manifestation of upheaval at the firm. -
Politics, Trials, White-Collar Crime
The McDonnell Trial Shows What's Wrong With Severance Law In Federal Criminal Cases
One thing that hasn’t been talked about during the trial much is the defense severance motion that was denied at the very start. -
Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Layoffs, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Severance
What's Going On At Dickstein Shapiro?(Plus a leaked severance agreement.)
Plummeting profits, defecting partners, and layoffs of associates and staff -- is this firm in trouble? - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Canada, Crime, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Law Schools, LeBoeuf Lamb, Morning Docket, Patton Boggs, Severance, Violence
Morning Docket: 02.26.14
* Two Biglaw firms and their even bigger revenue meltdowns: Patton Boggs and Bingham McCutcheon have posted the most dramatic revenue declines revealed thus far by Am Law. [Wall Street Journal (sub. req.)]
* Dewey know why this malpractice case is being brought against an ex-LeBoeuf Lamb partner? You know your case is screwed if one of the questions the judge asks you is “[W]hy are you here?” [Am Law Daily]
* Those who remain at Heenan Blaikie, the imploding Canadian Biglaw firm, are pretty “pissed off” they haven’t received word on their severance packages. So much for that “orderly wind down,” eh. [Law Times]
* Career alternatives for former Biglaw attorneys now allegedly include breaking and entering and assaulting state delegate’s wives. We’ll probably have more information on this juicy story later today. [NBC29 WVIR]
* If you’re in the process of applying to law school and you’re taking all of your advice from online forums, then you’ll probably get in everywhere you apply. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News & World Report]
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Layoffs, Money, Severance, Staff Layoffs, Technology
Nationwide Layoff Watch: More Reorganization, More Layoffs
Which wonderful law firm is parting with people, and why? -
Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Layoffs, Money
Tenured Faculty Cuts Are Coming To A New York Law School -- But Which One? And When?
Which law school is the latest to announce a possible pruning of its ranks? -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Severance, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Law Firm Spreads Holiday Jeers, Trims Ranks Like Turkey
Yet another large law firm is conducting significant cuts. Which one is it this time? -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Buyouts And Reductions At A Top-Tier Law Firm
First they came for the T&E lawyers. Then they came for the legal secretaries and other support staff....
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Biglaw, Department of Justice, Federal Judges, Gay Marriage, Law Schools, Layoffs, Morning Docket, New Jersey, SCOTUS, Severance, Sexual Harassment, Supreme Court, Tax Law, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 10.02.13
* Lawyers from the DOJ are literally begging judges to stay their litigation cases because they’re not allowed to work unless it’s an emergency. How very lucky for U.S. Air. [Blog of Legal Times]
* FYI, the IRS wants to further screw victims of layoffs. If you were recently laid off and received a severance package from your firm, this is a SCOTUS case you’ll want to follow this Term. [Reuters]
* Which Biglaw firm has the best brand in the world? We’ll give you a hint: it’s not the new top dog on the Am Law Global 100 (and that glorious firm didn’t even finish in second place). We’ll have more on this later. [Am Law Daily]
* Yet another Biglaw firm just elected its first woman chair ever. Congratulations to Jami Wintz McKeon, the power litigatrix who will lead Morgan Lewis to great success in the coming years. [Am Law Daily]
* Thanks to a $5 million gift from an alumnus, UChi Law is going to be able to create a business leadership program at the school. Yay! [DealBook / New York Times]
* Some corporate “girl on girl action”: ex-employees of the National Association of Professional Women are now suing the organization over a female manager’s sexual harassment. [DealBook / New York Times]
* New Jersey’s AG is desperately trying to delay the issuance of same-sex marriage licenses after a trial judge’s ruling last week. At this point, the Garden State’s arguments are just livin’ on a prayer. [Bloomberg]
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Biglaw, California, Layoffs, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Severance, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: California Dreamin’ of Unemployment Benefits
Yet another large law firm is conducting significant cuts. Which one is it this time? -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Money, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Severance, Staff Layoffs
Should You Accept A Biglaw Buyout Package?
Let's meet one secretary who took early retirement, thanks to an enviable financial position. -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Severance, Staff Layoffs, Technology
Voluntary Buyout Watch: McKenna Longs To Lower Headcount
Bad news for secretaries, but good news for clients? -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Severance, Staff Layoffs
Voluntary Buyouts Offered By Another Leading Law Firm
How much would you need to be paid to leave your job? -
Arent Fox, Biglaw, Layoffs, Paralegals, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Severance, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Arent You Glad You Still Have A Job?
The layoff contagion continues. -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Severance, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Expelled Beyond The K&L Gates
How many people are being let go, and what will happen to their jobs?