US law firms laying off 1,000 in one day

It’s one of the legal world’s darkest days ever: American law firms eliminated some 1,000 jobs on Thursday. Several US firms - including DLA Piper, Goodwin Procter, Holland & Knight, Dechert, Bryan Cave, Epstein Becker & Green and Cozen O'Connor - conducted mass layoffs, blaming a massive downturn in demand.

US law firms laying off 1,000 in one day bostonherald.com bostonherald.com Fri, Feb 13, 2009