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POPSStealth Attorney Layoffs at Sullivan & Cromwell [Update] Sullivan & Cromwell has laid off between 15 and 20 associates at its New York HQ, According to online sources, the number of associate layoffs at Sullivan & Cromwell’s New York office has hit at least 30. The firm may intend to cut 10% of NYC associates overall, for a total of up to 50.
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POPSLimbaugh's living large while radio boss Clear Channel implodes Cont.... The astronomical worth of Limbaugh's eight-year pact: $400 million. The amount of money Clear Channel execs have been trying to scrimp and save this year as they lay off thousands from the struggling company: $400 million. Ironic, don't you think? Context: Clear Channel now pays Limbaugh more than NBC pays late-night ratings king Jay Leno. Who thinks Limbaugh brings in more ad revenue for Clear Channel than Leno does for NBC? FYI, The Tonight Show generates approximately $200 million annually for NBC.
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POPSHowrey Lays Off 25 Staff Washington DC’s Howrey has laid off 25 secretarial staffers.Cuts came in all offices except Palo Alto and New York. Those affected are getting severance packages, health care assistance and outplacement.
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POPSAccountability in France What would be the outcome if union employees in the US employed the same tactics as their French counterparts? I'm betting that they would be arrested for kidnapping or false imprisonment. Most would be sent to prison and the rest fired. It most likely would have no effect on the outcome of the actions of the company to lay off the workers. The profit margin seems to be the final arbiter in the US. Would it be better to focus on people instead?
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POPSDLA Piper Lays Off 54 in Asia DLA Piper announced today it is laying off 20 lawyers and 34 staff across its Asian offices, in response to the global economic meltdown.
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POPSFaegre & Benson Lays Off 58 Staffers Faegre & Benson has announced the layoffs of 58 staffers, The firm reduce by 58 the number of Legal Administrative Assistants, Administrative Department Staff, and Paralegals in U.S. offices.
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POPSIce Miller Cutting Support Staff Indianapolis law firm Ice Miller is cutting about 2% of its total workforce, a reduction that won’t include any attorneys and that the firm denies is a result of the current economic climate.
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POPS Odd & Unusual Happenings Around The World
. . . . . . . . . Hitler's 'Germania' . . . . . . . . . . . The city dubbed “Germania,” would have far outshined the architecture of cities like Paris and Rome, with its center being the biggest domed hall in history. The tunnels are normally closed to the public due to safety, but tours can be arranged. Wild Wildlife After investigating stolen food, footprints and disheveled desks in a Georgia courthouse, authorities nabbed a masked vandal — a raccoon named Russell. But the raccoon, named Russell after the building, was not finished yet. Judges and staff who work in the building reported other thefts — chocolate chip cookies stolen from a 10th-floor desk, a sandwich on the 9th floor, and a packet of dried soup purloined from the 23rd floor. The investigation ended Monday when a judicial assistant heard a noise overhead. Two workers removed the ceiling tiles and grabbed the suspect. "We're going to see if we can get him turned loose on a farm somew
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POPSFederal Typists and the best line of the article... "But what about the legions of American satirists about to be laid off because fellows like Pinsky are writing stuff like this for real?"
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POPS Day One Obama faces a Cold War threat and a warning from Israel Gordon Brown became one of the first world leaders to congratulate Obama in a ten-minute telephone call last night. Aides said they discussed Obama's plans for a phased withdrawal from Iraq and his commitment to boost forces in Afghanistan. Speaking from the South Lawn of the White House, President Bush said he would be meeting Mr Obama next week and is making 'unprecedented efforts' to make a smooth transition during his final 74 days in office. As if the instant foreign policy tests were not enough, Mr Obama was also facing more economic problems with the Dow Jones Index dropping for a second successive day. Wall Street greeted his election win by plunging nearly 500 points on Wednesday and it was down again by 274 points in afternoon trading.
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POPSFor Many Student Athletes, Game Over The wealthiest nation in the history of the Earth (at least for now), and we can't educate our young people and provide physical education?! Unbelievable. Thanks, George Bush and No Child Left Behind!
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POPS White Knights Remember Michael D. Brown — "Brownie" — former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency? He resigned in disgrace last September over the government's botched response to Hurricane Katrina. Knight Ridder's Washington bureau came up with a unique and exclusive angle on the story. A team of its reporters discovered that the primary blame did not rest with Brown but rather with his boss, the secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff. One of those reporters, Alison Young, learned this by reading a 426-page document, the National Response Plan, created by Homeland Security as a framework for action in events such as Katrina. The rules in this case made clear that Brown's power to act on his own in any such catastrophe was limited. Before the storm, Chertoff was supposed to have designated someone to direct and coordinate the entire federal response. Because he failed to do so until 36 hours after the storm had hit, there was bureaucratic confusion and delay.
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