[Some firms] might take the chance to let go of attorneys as a result of they’ll achieve this with out being within the highlight.

I’m not satisfied it’ll hit the business throughout the board. Given how a lot work has slowed, some companies might have overhired. However I don’t suppose each agency matches into that class.

— Summer time Eberhard, a authorized recruiter at Main, Lindsey & Africa in San Francisco, in feedback given to the American Lawyer on Gunderson Dettmer’s resolution to defer the beginning date for the agency’s incoming affiliate class. As we first reported, the agency confirmed the delay, and a spokesperson acknowledged that “it is a personnel matter and we’ve got nothing extra to say.”

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