Morrison & Foerster is planning to cut starting salaries down to $145,000 for all U.S. associates except for those in New York. The New York salary will remain at $160,000. Several other U.S. law firms have cut salaries this year as well, such as: Nixon Peabody, Baker & McKenzie and Chadbourne & Parke.

Source:  www.bloomberg.com

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is pleased to announce that the former FCC Chairman, Reed Hundt, will be joining the firm in D.C. Hundt most recently was an analyst for McKinsey & Co. He also advised on the Obama campaign.

Source:  www.broadcastingcable.com

Danielle Kemp has joined Greenberg Traurig as an associate in the Tampa office.  Kemp focuses her practice on bankruptcy.  She is leaving Latham & Watkins.

Source:  www.reuters.com

McDermott Will & Emery has announced the latest addition to its firm:  Mary-Laura Greely.  Greely joins from Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo.  She will be based in the Boston office.

Source:  www.pehub.com

Patton Boggs LLP has received an impressive lateral litigator. Scott E. Stewart has left the Justice Department’s environmental team. Stewart spent the last eight years enforcing US environmental laws such as the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

Source:  www.in.sys-con.com

Greenberg Traurig is proud to announce that two partners have joined the firm. Arthur Don and Nancy Schimmel have joined the Corporate & Securities practice group in Chicago. Don was previously with Seyfarth Shaw LLP, while Schimmel joins from Latham & Watkins.

Source:  www.sys-con.com

Greenberg Traurig has added a shareholder to its Financial Institutions and Business Reorganization & Bankruptcy Practices.  Cindy J.K. Davis, who joins the Atlanta office, was most recently with Paul Hastings. Davis has about 20 years of experience.

Source:  www.earthtimes.org

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn as well as firm Faegre & Benson have launched an international automotive practice group. The group consists of lawyers across several offices, including offices in the US, China, and in the U.K.

Source:  www.mlive.com