Faced with a dip in tobacco-related litigation work, Hughes Hubbard & Reed is scaling back its small 3-year-old office in Kansas City, Missouri. Most of the layoffs involve nonlawyer analysts, although a few associates have also lost their jobs, according to the 332-lawyer firm. No partners have been affected.
New York-based Hughes Hubbard has watched its tobacco-related product liability work decline since former client Lorillard was acquired last year by Reynolds American for $27.4 billion. Reynolds has moved much of the Lorillard litigation work to Reynolds’ regular tobacco counsel at Jones Day, according to one source familiar with the matter. (Jones Day and Reynolds did not respond to requests for comment.)
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