Cadwalader, Wichersham & Taft has bolstered its litigation department with the addition of four attorneys from Proskauer Rose LLP. Joining the firm are Louis M. Solomon, Hal S. Shaftel, Colin A. Underwood and Michael S. Lazaroff. All will be resident in Cadwalader’s New York office. Solomon takes over as vice chairman of the firm’s litigation department [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 21, 2010
Good morning! Today is Thursday, January 21, and here’s a quick recap of yesterday’s stories… Sidley Austin added an attorney in its new Palo Alto office… Wilson Sonsini laid off 20 staff… Fulbright & Jaworski promoted seven new partners… Goodwin Procter thawed salaries and paid bonuses… McKenna Long & Aldridge picked up another former congressman… Jones Walker added three to [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 31, 2009
Earlier this month, Cadwalader told 34 junior associates they could accept a one year, unrestricted sabbatical. or leave the firm. Now the firm has announced it is offering the laid off associates jobs with the firm, as contract lawyers. The jobs would pay between $45 and $65 per hour. In May, Cadwalader was the number one AmLaw [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Cadwalader, the AmLaw 200 firm that leads in percentage laid off, has asked 34 junior associates to accept a one year, unrestricted sabbatical. The sabbaticals target lawyers in the Capital Markets and Real Estate Finance groups in New York and North Carolina. Participating lawyers will get one-third of their current compensation, plus medical benefits.The firm intends [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 25, 2009
In the wake of chemical giant LyondellBasell filing for Chaptel 11, several top firms in the United States and the United Kingdom find themselves involved. Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has secured a leading role for the company in the US, with financial restructuring group heads Deryck Palmer and John Rapisardi leading the team. In the UK, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 24, 2009
TradeComet.com LLC, a New York-based company, claimed in federal court on Tuesday that Google Inc. violated antitrust laws by raising a subsidiary’s advertising rates after deciding the subsidiary was a competitor. In its suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, TradeComet.com claims that Google initially supported SourceTool.com, TradeComet’s subsidiary. SourceTool.com [...]
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