By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | April 13, 2023
Ropes said a performance management process is part of its "normal course." Industry observers say "aggressive" performance reviews this year are resulting in an increasingly blurry line between layoffs and review-time cuts.
By Jessie Yount | April 11, 2023
Cooley delayed the start date of its incoming class. But consultants aren't sure other firms with follow suit, given Cooley's tech-sector positioning and the caution that many firms are exercising after the financial crisis.
By Patrick Smith | April 10, 2023
The slide by a Paul Hastings associate demonstrates how tone, culture and expectations can be set throughout the law firm—not just by those sitting in the executive ranks.
By Maria Dinzeo | Chris O'Malley | Trudy Knockless | April 7, 2023
"As an in-house attorney, I don't need you to move mountains like a soulless drone," said Matt Margolis, head of community at Lawtrades. "All I care about is results and working collegially with my counsel."
By Jessie Yount | April 7, 2023
First-year associates were among the lawyers let go at Gunderson this week across the Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York and Boston.
By Dan Roe | April 6, 2023
The Denver-headquartered firm followed up a banner year in 2021 with even more revenue and profits in 2022.
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By Justin Henry | April 6, 2023
Associates have been caught between their former firm's demand for staying quiet about being let go and their prospective future firm's demand for transparency.
By Patrick Smith | April 5, 2023
Paul Hastings said the material was prepared by an associate "and the views expressed do not reflect the views of the firm or its partners."
By Justin Henry | April 3, 2023
"These were not layoffs," a spokesperson for Kirkland said of the cuts, which impacted attorneys in California, Salt Lake City, Chicago and Texas. "These were performance-based decisions resulting directly from our attorney review process, just like we do every year for all attorneys at all levels."
By Jessie Yount | March 31, 2023
Dragged down by overcapacity, some firms continue to trim the associate ranks. But many still plan to pull in more junior lawyers because no one wants to end up with a hole in their ranks when the next deal boom comes along.
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