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A&O to Ax Up to 250 Lawyers and 200 Staff, Freeze Pay, Ask Partners for Capital

A top London-based international law firm has announced that, in response to unprecedented market conditions, it plans to cut up to 250 lawyers (including perhaps 47 partners) and 200 staffers; make “equity adjustments” concerning another 37 or so partners; and impose a pay freeze. The Allen & Overy restructuring also…

Feb 19, 2009 5:54 PM CST

UK Law Firm Simmons & Simmons to Ax Up to 69 Employees

Another United Kingdom law firm is preparing to lay off employees. The firm Simmons & Simmons has announced a review that could lead to layoffs of up to 20 associates and 49 other support staffers, report Legal Week, the Lawyer and Times Online. Last year, the firm laid off eight…

Feb 18, 2009 2:59 PM CST

Prophet Richard Susskind Predicts the Future of Law; Internet is Key

A prophet who serves as something of a Cassandra to the legal profession is on an international tour to promote his latest book. Initially pooh-poohed when he predicted, in 1996, a central role for the Internet in the provision of legal services, Richard Susskind, an Oxford University-educated lawyer and legal…

Feb 18, 2009 12:32 AM CST

Lawyer Loses Briefcase—and Sensitive Iraq War Documents

In the latest of a series of embarrassing incidents concerning the British government’s loss of confidential information, a solicitor with a well-known United Kingdom law firm apparently had his briefcase stolen as he was riding a commuter train to work yesterday. In the stolen case was a set of highly…

Feb 17, 2009 11:59 PM CST

Spinoff Lures 3 London Partners from Cohen Milstein

There were already hard feelings about Michael Hausfeld’s departure in November, along with 17 antitrust lawyers, from the class action firm he founded. So it likely isn’t music to the ears of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll that the firm’s three-partner London office is now defecting to join Hausfeld, too.…

Feb 10, 2009 9:22 PM CST

Grad Student Threatens to Sue Over Destruction of Rare Lizard Dung

Offered $750 in compensation and an apology after Leeds University mistakenly discarded an unmarked bag full of 75 pounds or so of rare lizard dung during an office cleanout, a graduate student isn’t buying. Daniel Bennett plans to sue over the loss of the collection, which he had put together…

Feb 6, 2009 6:41 PM CST

‘Limited Turnover’ at Paul Hastings in Atlanta Office

Some lawyers have been let go at the Atlanta office of Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker, but the layoffs are nothing unusual, the firm says. In a one-sentence response to a request for information from Above the Law concerning tips that a substantial number of associates have been given their…

Feb 4, 2009 1:27 AM CST

A&O to Ax Up to 250 Lawyers and 200 Staff, Freeze Pay, Ask Partners for Capital

UK Law Firm Simmons & Simmons to Ax Up to 69 Employees

Prophet Richard Susskind Predicts the Future of Law; Internet is Key

Lawyer Loses Briefcase—and Sensitive Iraq War Documents

Spinoff Lures 3 London Partners from Cohen Milstein

Grad Student Threatens to Sue Over Destruction of Rare Lizard Dung

‘Limited Turnover’ at Paul Hastings in Atlanta Office

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