The pace of US law job cuts picked up at the beginning of the month as Holland & Knight announced the redundancy of 230 staff, while technology specialist Brobeck Phleger & Harrison confirmed its third round of cost-cutting with the loss of nearly 60 staff.

Florida-based Holland & Knight confirmed on 1 May that about 60 associates were being laid off across the firm’s US and foreign offices, along with 170 support staff.