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Staff attorney lay-offs continue, impacting contract attorneys

One refuge for many contract attorneys has been direct employment as a staff attorney at a number of firms that adopted the “staff attorney” model for document review and temporary work. But as Above

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Orrick Herrington, McDermott Will and others beef up staff attorney positions

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

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