News about Layoffs

Cooley Godward Kronish makes second round of staff cuts bizjournals.com Mon, Oct 5, 2009 Allen & Overy ordered to re-employ German associate legalweek.com Tue, Sep 29, 2009Kirkland & Ellis lays off more than 20 associates in New York abajournal.com Fri, Sep 4, 2009Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal cuts more than 30 attorneys bizjournals.com Thu, Sep 3, 2009Cobbetts starts four-day week to avoid further job cuts thelawyer.com Tue, Sep 1, 2009More layoffs at Baker Botts, but how many? texaslawyer.typepad.com Fri, Aug 28, 2009UK law firm Burges Salmon to cut up to 31 jobs legalweek.com Tue, Aug 25, 2009Clifford Chance fights redundancy claim from former partners rollonfriday.com Mon, Aug 24, 2009Allen & Overy sued by former Frankfurt associate law.com Mon, Aug 17, 2009Linklaters faces legal action by laid-off associates rollonfriday.com Mon, Aug 10, 2009Cadwalader, Dechert, Orrick top "Am Law Layoff List" law.com Wed, Aug 5, 2009DLA Piper cuts 121 in second layoff round law.com Thu, Jul 9, 2009Cadwalader offers paid sabbaticals to avoid layoffs law.com Wed, Jul 8, 2009CMS Cameron McKenna cuts 73 jobs legalweek.com Fri, Jun 26, 2009UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) cuts 85 jobs thelawyer.com Tue, Jun 23, 2009DLA Piper lays off one in ten in its Middle East offices legalweek.com Fri, Jun 19, 200910,000 UK lawyers face losing their jobs business.timesonline.co.uk Mon, Jun 15, 2009UK law firm Wragge to cut 85 more jobs thelawyer.com Thu, Jun 11, 2009Major US law firms are shrinking www10.nytimes.com Mon, Jun 8, 2009124 jobs axed at DLA Piper thelawyer.com Thu, May 14, 2009UK law firm Shoosmiths to shed 79 jobs birminghampost.net Tue, May 12, 2009Stroock pays incoming associates $75,000 if they agree not to join the firm law.com Thu, May 7, 2009UK firm Berwin Leighton Paisner launches redundancy consultation legalweek.com Wed, May 6, 2009CMS Cameron McKenna to cut 80 City jobs legalweek.com Wed, May 6, 2009Older partners also being hit by global economic downturn abajournal.com Mon, Apr 27, 2009US firm Kilpatrick Stockton to delay first-year start dates law.com Sun, Apr 26, 2009Dechert will start incoming associate class in groups abajournal.com Thu, Apr 23, 2009Lawyers for Sun Micro may face layoffs after merger law.com Thu, Apr 23, 2009Mayer Brown extends first-year deferral law.com Wed, Apr 22, 2009Kirkland experiences staff layoffs law.com Wed, Apr 22, 2009