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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Which firms &lt;i&gt;won&amp;#8217;t&lt;/i&gt; lay off associates in&amp;nbsp;the next couple of months?&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;This has replaced &amp;#8220;which firms &lt;i&gt;will&lt;/i&gt;?&amp;#8221; as fodder for speculative frenzy among the ATL commentariat.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Today was among BigLaw&amp;#8217;s bleakest in this downturn, with at least&amp;nbsp;three&amp;nbsp;major firms acknowledging associate layoffs:&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Brown Rudnick (20 attorneys terminated), Squire Sanders (30) and&amp;nbsp;Mayer Brown (33&amp;#8212;and the firm&amp;#8217;s press release notes that &amp;#8220;This reduction does not include lawyers who were asked to leave this year through our performance review process&amp;#8221; &amp;#8212;so who knows what the real number is).&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;We will be reaching out to all the the Vault 100 law firms on the subject of layoffs.&amp;nbsp; Obviously, there will be a lot of &quot;no comment&quot; replies, but we&#39;ll see if any firms will take the opportunity to preempt the rumor mill.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Here is is a sign of the times: Vault&#39;s&amp;nbsp;brand new and comprehensive&amp;nbsp;&quot;Layoff Tracker.&quot;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Law is just one of the many industries covered.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; -posted by brian&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

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