Morning News Roundup for Tuesday

This morning’s top stories:

Defunct law firm Thelen LLP is telling courts it couldn’t possibly pay its employees accrued vacation, or give 60 days’ notice of impending layoffs…

Profits for Los Angeles-based Latham & Watkins fell 21% in 2008, one of the biggest falls so far reported by an Am Law 100 firm…

Washington, DC’s Hogan & Hartson has confirmed it is extending a buyout offer to between 250 and 300 of its support staff…

The UK’s Lovells has launched a redundancy consultation that could see up to 94 London staff lose their jobs…

San Diego, California’s Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps has cut 12 attorneys and 15 staff positions. The cuts came in San Diego and San Francisco, and the transactional practice took the brunt…