Seyfarth adds partners in outsourcing group

Seyfarth Shaw an AM LAW 10 legal firm has added a team of partners in the corporate technology and Outsourcing group in the Atlanta and Washington offices. The group brings with them deep capabilities in Outsourcing; technology and licensing; mergers and acquisitions; joint ventures and alliances; and privacy and security matters.
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Pinsents outsources legal work to South Africa

Pinsents Masons, a global 100 law firms with offices in UK, Asia pacific and gulf region has announced outsourcing of legal work to Exigent, in Cape Town, South Africa. Observers note that this is the first time that a UK based law firm has decided to outsource legal work usually done by lawyers in UK [...]

Mayer Brown associates to work on client side

Associates in Mayer Brown, have agreed to a pay cut of USD 100,000 in lieu of an extra year of job security. The associates will work directly with in house departments of corporate clients. They will receive an annual salary of USD 60,000. These jobs are guaranteed only for one year, with assurance of further [...]

Legal Spending to drop by nearly a fifth in second half of 2009

Acritas, a leading provider of specialist research programmes to the professional, financial and public service sectors in the UK, Europe and the USA has in a recent survey predicted that legal spending is set to fall by nearly a fifth, in the second half of 2009, in Birmingham.
The practices to be hit the most are [...]