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27 Aug 2009, 10:50 am by Legal Talk Network
Craig Williams call on experts on both sides of this controversy, Attorney Deepak Gupta from Public Citizen Litigation Group, who focuses on consumer rights and Attorney Alan Kaplinsky, senior partner at Ballard Spahr Andrews and Ingersoll in Philadelphia, who pioneered the use of pre-dispute arbitration. [read post]
3 Aug 2009, 2:39 am
The economy has lost 6.5 million jobs since the recession began in December 2007While layoffs have been slowing down, law firms have been implementing several new strategies to navigate through the summer season: salary cuts and deferred and canceled summer programs.These are the overall combined numbers of reported U.S. law firm attorney and staff layoffs:460 (July 2009)481 (June 2009)1,125 (May 2009)1,500 (April 2009)3,500 (March 2009)2,000 (February 2009)1,500 (January 2009)LAW FIRM LAYOFF LIST -… [read post]
9 Jul 2009, 2:37 am
The economy has lost 6.5 million jobs since the recession began in December 2007While layoffs have been slowing down, law firms have been implementing several new strategies to navigate through the summer season: salary cuts and deferred and canceled summer programs.These are the overall combined numbers of reported attorney and staff layoffs:445 (July 2009)481 (June 2009)1,125 (May 2009)1,500 (April 2009)3,500 (March 2009)2,000 (February 2009)1,500 (January 2009)LAW FIRM LAYOFF LIST - AUGUST… [read post]
25 May 2009, 2:48 am
The question is: how many more layoffs will we see in the coming months.LAW FIRM LAYOFF LIST - MAY 2009Law firms that are conducting May 2009 layoffs in their U.S. offices are listed here:Sullivan & Cromwell (15-20 attorneys)Seyfarth Shaw (30 attorneys, 20 staff)Eckert Seamans (119 temp. attorneys by 7/1)Fenwick & West (15 attorneys, 7 staff)Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy (49 attorneys, 40 staff)Thompson & Knight (17 attorneys, 25 staff)Ruden McClosky (2 attorneys, 18… [read post]
4 May 2009, 2:13 am
LAW FIRM LAYOFF LIST - MAY 2009Law firms that are conducting May 2009 layoffs in their U.S. offices are listed here:Sullivan & Cromwell (15-20 attorneys)Seyfarth Shaw (30 attorneys, 20 staff)Eckert Seamans (119 temp. attorneys by 7/1)Fenwick & West (15 attorneys, 7 staff)Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy (49 attorneys, 40 staff)Thompson & Knight (17 attorneys, 25 staff)Ruden McClosky (2 attorneys, 18 staff)Snell & Wilmer (30-40 staff)McDonough Holland &… [read post]
6 Nov 2008, 8:27 am
Meanwhile, here's a selected playlist of TEDTalks in the spirit of Michael Crichton: + Craig Venter's "On the Verge of Creating Synthetic Life": Bold ideas about what is coming up next, and a walk through the consequences they may bring+ Larry Brilliant's TED Prize wish: "Help Stop the Next Pandemic": A vision to build a worldwide system to understand and stop new diseases and disasters+ Robert Ballard's "Exploring the World's… [read post]