Which Firms Did Layoffs Well — and Which Didn’t? (Law.com)

Since January 2008, Am Law 200 firms have laid off more than 2,900 lawyers. This year, as part of its annual midlevel survey, The American Lawyer asked 6,101 third-, fourth-, and fifth-year associates between late March and mid-May to assess how their firms handled layoffs and how the news was communicated to them, and combined those scores into a single “layoff composite.” In a year filled with …