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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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....
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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