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: Legal Ethics ForumLaw Firms to Associates: Don't Panic
There's an interesting article here about how firms are comforting associates with news that there are no immediate plans for layoffs. The demise of 118-year old Heller Erman after being a top 5 firm just a few years ago no doubt has fueled these fears.
The times they are a'changing.
Full post as published by Legal Ethics Forum on October 08, 2008 (boomark / email).
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