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Nationwide Layoff Watch: Stealth Layoffs at Fried Frank

David Lat

November 21, 2008 15:50

We've gotten credible information that Fried Frank has laid off at least 15 associates from their corporate department, including 6 in the real estate practice group. A tipster collects the information in a clear way: They are veiled as performance-based reviews, but virtually everyone is getting...

Nationwide Layoff Watch: Public Defenders

David Lat

November 21, 2008 14:35

ATL has been providing in-depth coverage of firm layoffs, but we haven't written much about public defenders suffering the same fate. With state budgets experiencing big squeezes, public defenders' offices across the country are getting downsized, while their caseloads are getting upsized. We...

Morning Docket 11.21.08

David Lat

November 21, 2008 14:05

* Mukasey is going to be okay. He's telling jokes and talking to the President. A GW doctor said ""The attorney general is conscious, conversant and alert." [CNN] * Do you feel sorry for sex offenders? The California 4th district court does. They ruled that Jessica's law, a law that prohibits sex...

Breaking: Attorney General Mukasey Collapses at Federalist Society Dinner

David Lat

November 21, 2008 03:30

ATL correspondent Laurie Lin, on the scene at the annual dinner of the Federalist Society, reports that Attorney General Michael Mukasey "literally collapsed mid-sentence at the podium," while delivering a speech at the Society's National Lawyers Convention. It is not clear what AG Mukasey...