Ed.
note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature, Quote
of
the
Day.
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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