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• Oppenhoff lawyers may be asked to pay back bonuses

  Oct 20 2013 Lawyers at German firm Oppenhoff, which was launched by lawyers from Linklaters in 2008, may be asked to give back part of their bonuses to fix a budget problem in the... more

• UK legal aid reforms tempered

  Sep 09 2013 UK Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has announced that he will not proceed with the plan to introduce competitive tendering for criminal legal aid contracts. The... more

• DLA Piper's Australian staff miss out on pay rises

  Jul 01 2013 DLA Piper has announced that it’s Australian staff shouldn’t expect any pay rises after the region’s offices failed to reach budget targets. Australia Managing... more

• Legal assistants are changing the industry, says law dean

  Nov 29 2012 The dean and president of Vermont Law School, Marc Mihaly, has advanced the opinion that the shortage in legal jobs, and the resultant 25 per cent decrease in law... more

• Weil Gotshal delays bonuses until January

  Nov 29 2012 Cravath set a relatively high standard for associate bonuses this week, awarding fifth year associates a $34,000 bonus. Weil Gotshal followed up with the... more

• Scottish firm Dundas & Wilson launch legal support services unit

  Jul 20 2012 Scotland's largest law firm Dundas & Wilson has launched a new budget legal service for handling routine work, such as filings, registrations and searches. The firm... more

• Law firms cut costs in their workspaces

  Jul 18 2012 Law firms are cutting costs, trimming office expenses and reconfiguring office spaces for greater efficiency, according to this report from the Wall Street Journal.... more

• Wragge & Co offers trainees £5k to defer, but none accept

  Jul 17 2012 Wragge & Co has attempted to head off a staffing problem by offering trainees £5,000 to defer the start of their contracts from September 2012 until 2013.... more

• NY court rules that Dewey may use remaining cash for critical functions while winding down

  Jun 06 2012 A New York court has ruled that bankrupt law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf may use cash remaining in its accounts to write checks to cover payroll, preserve firm records,... more

• Dewey's failure - the causes

  Jun 04 2012 Numerous commentators have approached the failure of Dewey & LeBoeuf, the largest American firm ever to file for bankruptcy. The firm borrowed beyond capacity, offered... more

• Legal aid budget is disappointingly low, says Australian Law Council

  May 15 2012 Funding for legal aid services in Australia is disappointingly low, according to the Law Council of Australia after the release of the Australian government’s 2012-13... more

• Olswang's profits down, Charles Russell's profits up

  Jan 30 2012 Olswang’s limited liability partnership accounts show that the firm’s profits fell from £31.6m in 2009-10 to £29.3m last year. The firm’s highest paid member took... more

• US Legal Aid to take another funding cut

  Jan 27 2012 Legal Aid in the US is set to take yet another hit, as a bill passed last November to slash federal funding for civil legal assistance to the poor by about 14% — from... more

• Senate and Congress approve deep cuts to legal Aid in the US

  Nov 22 2011 The US is set to cut funding from Legal Services Corp, the nation’s largest funding source for civil legal aid to the poor, after the House and Senate agreed to slash... more

• British Justice Minister investigated for conflict of interest

  Oct 17 2011 Deep cuts to the British Legal Aid budget have attracted significant controversy, and now more fuel has been added to the fire with accusations that British Justice... more

• US companies increase reliance on in-house counsel

  Oct 12 2011 A recent survey shows that US companies increased their in-house legal budgets by 6 per cent in 2010, up from 1 percent in 2009, while decreasing the amount spent on... more

• Legal Aid lawyers on strike in Northern Ireland

  Jun 13 2011 Solicitors in Northern Ireland have gone on strike in protest over reduced fees recently introduced by the Department of Justice. The Department has slashed the legal... more

• Criminal law barristers under pressure in the UK

  Apr 21 2011 Interesting article here from the Guardian, which takes a look at compensation for criminal barristers. The article points out that only a tiny proportion of... more

• Budget cuts threaten access to justice in the US

  Apr 18 2011 Government cost cutting, at both the state and federal level, is threatening access to justice in the US, according to reports. According to the Wall Street... more

• UK couples may be forced to mediate divorces

  Feb 28 2011 New government proposals could force UK couples to take their divorce disputes to before resorting to the court system. The move was announced by Justice Minister... more

• Akin Gump follows Cravath's bonus scale, delays payment until 2011

  Dec 07 2010 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has announced its associate bonuses, adopting the Cravath, Swaine & Moore scale, at least in New York. The Bonuses to be paid are as... more

• US Government lawyers see a two year salary freeze

  Nov 30 2010 The US Government has taken the step of freezing salaries on federal employees for two years. Lawyers who left big law looking for some stability during the... more

• India commits budget to upgrade judiciary

  Nov 23 2010 According to a PIB release, the Minister of Law and Justice Veerappa Moily has stated that the Government has allocated an amount of Rs. 1,470 crore (approximately... more

• Microsoft cuts back legal budget by 15 percent

  Oct 07 2009 US software giant Microsoft's legal department has seen its legal budget cut by 15 percent over the last one and a half years, leading to a 5 percent reduction in... more

• US Firm Ballard Spahr to delay new lawyers' start dates

  Mar 26 2009 US law firm Ballard Spahr has indicated that it will delay the start dates of its new associates until 2010. It will offer a stipend to lawyers who are affected by... more