As Wall Street's woes continue, Law.com presents ongoing coverage of the financial meltdown from across the globe, with updates on the firms handling the bankruptcies, the fate of in-house legal teams, and the legal implications, economic domino effect and other ramifications for lawyers and the legal profession. Check back for regular updates from all ALM publications, collected here.
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Falling Figures Permeate Annual Corporate Scorecard
Foley & Lardner Feels the Pain
Drought Ends for Securities Class Action Settlements
White & Case London Revenues Dropped 20 Percent in 2009
Chadbourne Rescinds Job Offers to 11 Deferred Associates
Howrey to Cut Between 20 and 30 Partners
Legal Sector Lost Just 100 Jobs in February
New Survey Suggests In-House Lawyers Are Poised to Hire
Partner Cuts Logical Place for Savings in 2010, Report Says
Summer Associate Offers Hit 17-Year Low, Says NALP
U.S. Firms Scale Back London Recruitment as Lateral Hires Fall to Five-Year Low
Revenue Plunges 14 Percent for DLA Piper's U.S. Operations
Revenue and Profits Fall at Mayer Brown
O'Melveny & Myers Sees New Decreases in Revenue, Profits
Profits Up, Revenue Down at Shearman & Sterling
Morgan Lewis Sees Sharp Drop in Profits, Revenue
The 2010 Lateral Report: Company Town
Report Shows Some Improvement in N.Y. Legal Market
Legal Sector Lost 1,100 Jobs in January
Legal Sector Lost 2,100 Jobs in December
Fewer Lawyers Earn Real Partnerships at Law Firms
Securities Class Actions Falling Off as Credit Crisis Dwindles
San Francisco Real Estate Firm Cassidy Shimko Closes
Latham Unfreezes Associate Salaries for 2010
Bad Times Could Have Been Worse for Women in 2009
Will More Firms Re-Defer Their Incoming First-Years?
Legal Training Looks at New Directions in Response to Recession
Associate Pay Cuts Here to Stay, Say Firms, Analysts
AIG's Top Lawyer Tells Pay Czar 'Hands Off My Paycheck'
DLA Piper Launches Third Round of Middle East Layoffs
Firms' Billing Rates Inched Up During 2009, NLJ Survey Shows
Legal Sector Lost 2,900 Jobs in November
Thompson Coburn Hires Ahead of the Next Real Estate Surge
CMS Russia Cuts 30 Jobs in Second Round of Layoffs
Clifford Chance, Ashurst, Allen & Overy on Dubai World Debt Crisis
Good News for 2Ls: Some Law Firms Interviewing Again
Bonuses at Law Firms Not Guaranteed in 2009
It's Sunny for Philadelphia's Legal Market, Survey Shows
Harvard Scrapping Public Service Reimbursement Program
Real Estate Lawyer's Suicide a Sign of Desperate Times for Some
Multinational Bankruptcies for a Global Recession
Law Firms Promote Fewer Senior Associates to Partnership
New Approaches to Getting a Law Firm Job
Orrick-Levi Strauss Deal Underscores Growth of Alternative Billing
Sutherland to Jettison Lockstep Associate Pay
Seyfarth Latest to Cut First-Year Associate Pay
Ditching the Billable Hour: 'Everyone Wants to Do It'
Survey Finds Revenue, Profits Down at Law Firms
Skadden Matches Cravath, Cleary Bonus Numbers
Lovells to Move Farther Away From Lockstep Under Planned Merger With Hogan Hartson
Expenses Down for Small and Midsize Firms, but Revenue Down Faster
Reed Smith to Ask Nonequity Partners to Pay Chunk of Salary to Firm
Covington Freezes Associate Salaries Outside New York
Litigation Practices Showing Signs of Life, Says Hildebrandt Study
Reed Smith Cuts First-Year Salaries, Billing Rates by 20 Percent
Stimulus Expansion Sends Real Estate Lawyers Scrambling
Day Pitney Makes New Round of Cuts
Simmons Blames Global Crisis as Firm Pulls Plug on Moscow Arm
Washington Mutual Sues to Get Billions Back From FDIC
Allen Matkins Makes Second Cut to Pay, Lays Off Associates
Ready, Set, Delay: Most Large Texas Firms Push Back Start Dates
Major U.K. Firms Cut Back Profit Payouts Amid Tough Markets
Changes at Squire Sanders: Deferrals, Layoffs, New Management
In-House Lawyers Talk Tough on Getting Firms to Mind the Bottom Line
Foley & Lardner Cuts 39 Lawyers
Sheppard Mullin's N.Y. Associates Share the Salary Pain
Departures and Cutbacks Take Ashurst Partner Exits to 22
Thompson & Knight Encourages Associates to 'Customize' Compensation and Hours
Law Departments Putting Cost-Cutting Into Action
Top South Florida Attorneys' Billing Rates Rise in 2009
The Recession's Not Over for China's Law Firms
Denton Wilde Sapte to Cut Up to 29 More Jobs
Thriving Boutique Gives Some Hope to Job Seekers
Outside Counsel Spending Projected to Drop by 4.3 Percent Next Year
After a Year, Laid-Off Associate Finds New Job Outside a Law Firm
Bingham McCutchen to Adopt 'Merit Lockstep' System
Has the Recession Forever Changed Large Law Firms?
Associate Salaries: The War Is Over
Legal Sector Lost 2,000 Jobs in September
Survey Shows Recession's Impact on Minority Associates
New Report Shows Signs of Life in Law Firm Merger Market
Wildman Harrold Rescinds Job Offers to 10 New Associates



















