The past few days have been rough for law firm support staffers. Both Dewey & LeBoeuf and Shearman & Sterling announced Wednesday that they have cut a significant number of support positions, which comes on top of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's decision Tuesday to layoff 200 support staffers and 100 attorneys.
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Dewey, Shearman lay off about 160 support staff
The National Law Journal
March 4, 2009
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