Now that I have a few offers and am considering where to accept, I have gotten the advice from several people to make sure that the firm I go to is in good financial standing, hasn't recently laid people off, etc.
How do I find this information? I've tried searching "firm" + layoffs and have searched the firms on Above the Law, but I've found that this information is hard to come by.
What firms are notorious for this sort of thing? Which should we be wary of?
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hephaestus
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Re: Financially Stable Firms
It may be more helpful to just list the firms.
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Anonymous User
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Re: Financially Stable Firms
Not OP, but I'd be interested in hearing about WilmerHale if anyone knows anything (Boston specifically). ATL posted about stealth layoffs a little while ago, but it seems like it mostly affected lateral IP litigators brought in during Apple/Samsung?
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thesealocust
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anon168
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Re: Financially Stable Firms
Layoffs have, at best, only a loose correlation to the financial stability of a firm.thesealocust wrote:http://lawshucks.com/layoff-tracker/
What type of coffee machine is in the lounge might be a better gauge if that's the route you want to explore.
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thesealocust
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Re: Financially Stable Firms
watanon168 wrote:Layoffs have, at best, only a loose correlation to the financial stability of a firm.
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guano
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Re: Financially Stable Firms
Just want to point out how out of date it is: the second most recent layoffs are lebouefthesealocust wrote:http://lawshucks.com/layoff-tracker/
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thesealocust
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Re: Financially Stable Firms
The site stopped being updated frequently around the same time layoffs tapered off industry wide. It might only be missing Weil at this point?guano wrote:Just want to point out how out of date it is: the second most recent layoffs are lebouefthesealocust wrote:http://lawshucks.com/layoff-tracker/
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Old Gregg
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Re: Financially Stable Firms
It's missing a lot more. Lawshucks dropped off the radar pretty quickly.thesealocust wrote:The site stopped being updated frequently around the same time layoffs tapered off industry wide. It might only be missing Weil at this point?guano wrote:Just want to point out how out of date it is: the second most recent layoffs are lebouefthesealocust wrote:http://lawshucks.com/layoff-tracker/
