Wake Up Call: Legal Sector Adds 700 Jobs in May Despite Layoffs

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• The US legal services sector managed to add about 700 jobs in May to reach 1,180,400, according to preliminary seasonally adjusted data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The gains came despite recent layoffs at some Big Law firms. (BLS.gov)
• The two former Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith partners who recently exited the firm with about 140 other lawyers to start a new firm were accused of using racist and sexist language in internal emails while ...