This week’s newspapers seem to have told the same story, over and over: “another day, another law firm layoff.”
With all the bad news, once in a while we get the opportunity to stop and remember to be grateful for the blessings in our lives (like having a job), and then we get
Another AmLaw 100 firm, this time #6 White & Case, has announced layoffs. 70 associates and 100 staff. An internal memo was posted by our friends at Above the Law:
As part of its planning for 2009, White & Case LLP is reviewing its global operations against current and anticipated market conditions and
Not sure if this post was good timing, or just par for the course in today’s economic climate for our industry, but when I logged on, I saw the link to the White & Case layoff announcement. For anyone who is out there interviewing, please feel free to add me to your list of
In the latest law firm layoffs over the current economic turmoil, White & Case has eliminated 70 lawyers and 100 staff members from its ranks.
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In one of his most quoted moments of his career, Steve Martin, in The Jerk, shouted out in glee:
The new phone book’s here! The new phone book’s here! This is the kind of spontaneous publicity I need! My name in print! That really makes somebody! Things are going to start happening to
The Obama’s haven’t even had their official tour of their new home and the bad news just keeps pouring in. Jobs lost in 2008: 1.2 million. Survival Problems: General Motors (GM) and Ford Motor (F). Stocks fall sharply for 2nd day, with Dow down 443 points.
And, for us Californians, it just gets
Like most Americans, I woke up this morning and put on my post-election quarterbacking hat. I have my opinions on what Obama did right, what he needs to do to be successful in his first 90 days, and what he must do to get reelected in 2012. Same thing goes for the Republicans, from John
With a sigh of relief I voted today. FINALLY, what felt like the longest election cycle will be over in a few hours.
In what is being described as the costliest election in US history, at over $2.4 billion spent on the presidential race alone, only one thing is certain: 50% of the American
Do you remember the 1988 fantasy-comedy film “Big” about a boy who makes a wish “to be big”? After being humiliated while trying to impress an older teenage girl at a carnival, Josh Baskin goes to a wish/fortune-telling machine (called Zoltar Speaks) and wishes that he were “big.” The next morning, he sees
My kids keep asking what I’m going to be for Halloween. After reading today’s Above the Law round up, I’m thinking “depressed legal marketer.”
But, once again, the Pollyanna in me is coming out. I’m listening to an NPR