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Layoffs Are Spreading. After All, There's Only So Much Work to Go Around

A patchy corporate market has created a mismatch between staffing and demand levels at several law firms with broader client bases that stretch beyond the tech sector.
6 minute read

International Edition

'The Power Is Going Back to the Law Firms': Only Modest Pay Hikes Likely at Australian Firms in the Coming Year

The lower raises come after two years of outsized pay increases.
4 minute read

International Edition

Associates Making the Leap In-House: Do You Know Where You'll Land?

Associates should be mindful that in-house lawyers are not guaranteed a 40-hour week, sometimes working as many hours as law firm associates.
5 minute read

International Edition

Baker McKenzie Snags Paul Hastings' Former Latin America Head, Along With Team of Partners and Associates

Former Paul Hastings Latin America practice head Michael Fitzgerald, who is considered a pioneering U.S.-based lawyer in Latin America, is moving to Baker McKenzie along with two long-time collaborators, partners Joy Gallup and Arturo Carrillo, a counsel and several associates.
3 minute read

International Edition

Orrick Lays Off Attorneys and Staff, Defers Incoming Class

The firm is letting go of about 40 associates and 50 staff members due to reduced client demand in some areas and the impact of technology, data and the evolving workplace on the type of support it needs to operate.
2 minute read

International Edition

Return to Office Is a Focus for Mentoring, but Training Gaps Have Existed for Ages

Some tweaks law firms are making — such as tying compensation to attendance and training — are meant to address both pre- and post-pandemic concerns.
7 minute read

International Edition

What a Difference a Year Makes for Law Firm Associates

The power dynamic inside law firms has shifted. Intense talent wars are gone, demand for legal services has dropped, COVID alerts have been canceled and partners once again can call the shots. Associates have lost their leverage — for now. But pendulums swing back and forth. How long can partners maintain the upper hand?
8 minute read

International Edition

Cooley Delays Some First-Year Associates by Another Year, Reassigns Others as Corporate Slump Continues

The announcement comes just two months after the firm announced in April it would delay its entire incoming class to January 2024.
2 minute read

International Edition

Is US-Rooted Resentment Brewing at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer?

Feeling the financial pain of investing in the world's most expensive legal market 'can be frustrating' to non-US partners, according to insiders.
5 minute read

International Edition

As Layoffs Loom, How Much Control Do Associates Have Over Low Billable Hours?

As law firms wait and see whether the economy picks up in the third quarter, associates at risk of layoffs are feeling the other side of the billable hour's wrath.
6 minute read

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