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If they use AI to justify it, they won’t look as cruel when they make that many staff cuts.
— Scott Love, president of legal industry recruiter The Attorney Search Group, in comments given to the New York Law Journal, concerning the recent spate of layoffs at Baker McKenzie, where the firm parted ways with hundreds of business professionals while noting that artificial intelligence factored into the move. Industry insiders predict that more layoffs may be on the way, with Baker’s cuts offering permission for other firms to move forward with their own.
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