Law Firms Consider Overhaul of Associate Bonus Structures (Law.com)
A shift may be coming in the way associate bonuses are structured, as firms use the economic downturn as a reason to overhaul associate compensation packages. Leaders at several firms say that while bonus structures aren't changing this year, models for next year may be more closely examined. Meanwhile, in the short term some firms are predicting reductions. K&L Gates managing partner Peter ... |
Shia LaBeouf is an ‘Associate’ Hire (Moldova.org)
Shia LaBeouf will headlline the upcoming legal thriller The Associate, based on John Grisham’s book of the same name. According to Variety, the 22-year-old actor will play a student who’s about to graduate from Yale Law School when he’s manipulated into accepting a job at a prestige law firm and given privileged information about a multibillion-dollar lawsuit. The novel hasn’t even been released ... |
November job losses expected in Canada (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Canadian job losses likely began in earnest in November as the economy stagnated, following three straight months of surprisingly strong employment growth, analysts said on Thursday. |
Drop in global copper prices triggers job cuts in Zambia (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The drop in copper prices on the international market has triggered job cuts in Zambian mines with two companies announcing 584 planned layoffs, officials said Thursday. |
Sale rugby director Saint-Andre to leave in May after two years on the job (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
MANCHESTER, England - Sale Sharks rugby director Philippe Saint-Andre will leave at the end of the season in May to seek a new challenge, with head coach Kingsley Jones taking his job. |
Job recovery could be slow and weak (CNN Money)
In the midst of a recession, huge job losses are expected to continue for at least several more months. But what really worries economists is that the job market could be slow to recover even when the economy begins to improve. |
Job cuts mount as year-end nears (CNN Money)
The nation's job market, in the final month of a brutal 2008, was dealt a savage blow Thursday when four major companies - AT&T Inc., DuPont Co., Viacom Inc. and Credit Suisse Group - announced job cuts that total 20,650. |
Sault's Maurice begins 2nd stint as Hurricanes coach — Ron Francis will assist as associate coach in Carolina (The Sault Star)
Peter Laviolette won more games than any American-born coach in NHL history. But he didn't win enough of them lately to keep his job with [...] |
Drop in global copper prices triggers job cuts in Zambia (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The drop in copper prices on the international market has triggered job cuts in Zambian mines with two companies announcing 584 planned job losses, officials said Thursday. |
MarketWatch First Take: Discordant convergence of job cuts on Wall Street (Market Watch)
David Weidner asks: Have Wall Street and the City ever had a week of job cuts this bad? |
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