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BigLaw: Partnership Is Thicker Than Water

By Liz Kurtz

Originally published on March 2, 2009 in our free BigLaw newsletter. In our inaugural BigLaw column, we discussed the practice, once common at large law firms, of gently nudging associates toward the door as they approached their expiration date. Back in the good old days (think way, way back, perhaps all the way to 2008), the "stealth layoff" could be handled so delicately that associates might actually believe that they had decided it was time to "explore other options." Welcome to 2009, where mass layoffs seem to be the new black, and subtle, kid-gloved terminations look positively old-timey. Given the thin ice upon which associates now tread, one tipster's story about the many perils of the performance review process seems particularly topical...continue to full post

Full post as published by TechnoLawyer Blog on March 11, 2009 (boomark / email).