Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale laid off 11 staff members early this month, following the exit of eight attorneys since February. The 11 employees were laid off to correct the imbalance between lawyers and staff, Greensfelder President Tim Thornton said. Some ...

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Husch Blackwell Sanders has let go 10 attorneys in practices hard-hit by the recession. The cuts were firmwide at the 650-attorney Husch Blackwell firm, Co-Chairman Joe Conran said. The firm's real estate practice has been most affected by the recession, Conran said. In March, Husch Blackwell let go 17 attorneys and 45 staff members.

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Polsinelli Shughart is laying off nine attorneys and 16 staff members firmwide in a second round of economy-related cuts. Four attorneys were let go in Kansas City and two in St. Louis, said Polsinelli Chairman and Chief Executive Russ Welsh. ...

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U.S. law firms, including Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe; Shearman & Sterling; and WolfBlock, are abandoning tradition as they cut costs in the deepening recession by imposing merit pay, slashing salaries and generally putting an end to decades of associate entitlement. ...

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I’m not going to mention it. Not today. For at least 700 words of print on this page, there will be no reference at all to it. That thing. We started talking about it last year. Now we can’t stop ...

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As hundreds of thousands of laid-off workers sign up for unemployment each month and major employers head for bankruptcy court, many Americans would find it oh-so-nice to land a job guaranteed for life. The United States has no kings or ...

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In Do the Right Thing, consultant Gretchen Neels offers advice on professional etiquette and other behavioral issues that might arise in a law practice. Q. My colleague of 12 years was shown the door last week. While I am thankful ...

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Latham & Watkins, the fourth-largest U.S. law firm, is offering incoming lawyers $75,000 to take the year off. Latham, which fired 190 lawyers and 250 staff last week, said it is pushing back the start date for all incoming lawyers ...

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Latham & Watkins, the fourth-largest U.S. law firm, fired 190 lawyers and 250 staff as the economic slump erodes demand for its services. The cuts, amounting to 12 percent of the firm’s associates and 10 percent of its paralegals and ...

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Armstrong Teasdale has joined the ranks of Missouri law firms laying off attorneys and staff. The St. Louis-based firm this week let go seven lawyers and 23 staff members, or 6 percent of the firm’s total personnel, managing partner Michael ...

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The unprecedented layoffs at Bryan Cave last week followed a string of increasingly aggressive cost-cutting measures aimed at avoiding exactly such job reductions. But they apparently weren’t enough. Citing a deteriorating economy, Bryan Cave announced the layoffs of 58 attorneys ...

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