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Public Interest

Aug. 18, 2001

Go East, Associates, to Find Greener Law-Firm Pastures

It seems hard to get through a day lately without hearing about new layoffs at one of the Bay Area's stalwart firms. Firms that only one year ago were in the full flush of boom-time hiring today are struggling with the dramatic shrinking of corporate legal work.

        By Michael Brown

        It seems hard to get through a day lately without hearing about new layoffs at one of the Bay Area's stalwart firms. Firms that only one year ago were in the full flush of boom-time hiring today are struggling with the dramatic shrinking of corporate legal work. Not surprisingly, these firms are taking cost-cutting measures, and perhaps the most o...

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