Contending that they didn’t receive mandated severance and vacation pay, some 800 former Heller Ehrman staff have sued at least 179 partners of the firm for alleged WARN Act violations…
Nixon Peabody has cut the starting salary for incoming first-year associates to $145,000 in “major financial centers” that reportedly include Boston, Chicago, New York, Washington, D.C. and offices in California.
Midsize Midwestern law firms outside of major urban areas are doing better than their larger counterparts, where layoffs are common and associate start dates are being pushed back.
Many of the stories of layoffs detail the unemployment woes of associates and legal staffers who are being axed by large law firms scrambling to cope with the economic downturn.
The hearing before a House appropriations subcommittee yesterday was supposed to be about the budget for the U.S. Supreme Court, but it veered off topic with talk of cameras in…
On Wednesday, Palo Alto, Calif.-based Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati launched a free online tool that drafts term sheets—documents that outline the terms and conditions of…
Although recession-weary lawyers may find it harder to go green this Earth Day when they’re focused on making green, environmental lawyer Claudia Rast says attorneys have more reason to celebrate…