In a press release posted on its website today, Orrick trumpets a new “talent model” that will, as the law firm puts it, “re-engineer the way the law firm delivers…
What was until recently the world’s top-grossing law partnership has announced its preliminary results for the fiscal year that ended April 30, and the picture isn’t a pretty one.
Few may have realized it when Calawalader Wickersham & Taft last July became the first major firm to initiate what eventually became a tsunami of BigLaw associate layoffs during the…
In a column this week posted at examiner.com, working mom and practicing New York lawyer Amy Impellizzeri writes about a Web-based company aimed at helping women re-enter the…
Amidst the dismal economy, layoffs, pay cuts and constant pressure to work more efficiently for corporate clients is some definite good news, one might think: As law firms increasingly embrace…
News today that Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis is cutting associate—and partner—pay is the latest in a series of announcements that seem to signal a seismic shift in the way…
Adding to a growing law firm economy trend intended to add value to corporate clients’ legal spending, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis is implementing an across-the-board pay cut for associates…
Clients may like the new apprenticeship programs being tried by a few law firms, but associates taking a pay cut to participate may not be as enthusiastic.
Although a Massachusetts state agency earlier dismissed an ex-associate’s complaint that Bingham McCutchen didn’t do enough to protect her from a fellow law firm employee who allegedly sexually harassed women…
In a sad day for a former partner at Latham & Watkins and his family, he has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison after expressing contrition for bilking…