9 December 2010 – As the U.S. economy shows a slight pick up in activity, companies have started to hire temporary workers.  But with a difference.  After the trials and tribulations of being forced to lay off people during the recession, many companies do not plan to use temporary workers just for the recovery’s shaky beginnings [...]

We all know about the paradigm shift in the legal industry.  It has been well chronicled by Richard Susskind,  Jordon Furlong, Ron Friedmann and many others.  The legal industry melt down, the deep and rapid technological advances (of the disruptive kind), our relentless connectivity and burgeoning electronic legal marketplace — all have led to major threats to various aspects [...]

Orrick Herrington dumped lockstep associate promotion on Wednesday and began assigning associates to one of three tiers within its partner track.  The Orrick move comes as all BigLaw firms face immense client pressure to control costs. This has also led Orrick and other firms to add significant numbers of staff attorneys to do more routine [...]

As has been reported, there were layoffs this week at Womble Carlyle.   But that was not the big news.  The big news was Womble decided to address the general retrenchment of the legal market in a very frank way, remarking on a sea change in corporate law practice.  “The world of large law firms … has changed forever” said Womble Carlyle in an internal memo.   [...]

A mixed collection of articles of interest: Brutal Week May Not Be the End of Law Firm Layoffs By the close of business on Friday the 13th, more than 1,100 lawyers and staff in the U.S. had been fired or asked to consider buyouts. Why so much pain in one week? Several theories are making [...]

Upcoming webinars, and a seminar for those of you in D.C.: WEBINAR: Socha-Gelbmann Update: LegalTech New York, EDRM & e-Discovery Trends Tuesday, February 10, 2009 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST (Duration: 1 hour) Link:  http://tinyurl.com/bg2xqt WEBINAR:  Best Practices Webinar: Kazeon hosts eDiscovery Panel Discussion with United States District Judge James M. Rosenbaum and Magistrate  Judge [...]