Arthur Cutillo, a former employee of the New York law firm Ropes & Gray, pleaded not guilty in federal court in Manhattan yesterday, along with six others charged in a $53 million insider-trading case. Cutillo is accused of illegally sharing information regarding mergers with an insider-trading network linked to the Galleon Group LLC hedge fund. Evidence [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Good morning everyone! Today is Tuesday, February 2, and here’s a quick peek back at yesterday’s headlines… Ropes & Gray adds a former Assistant to the Solicitor General… McDermott Will & Emery added one to its IP practice… A forthcoming DoJ report will admonish but not sanction the lawyers who authored the “torture memos“… UC San Diego is working on [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 1, 2010
Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, formerly Assistant to the U.S. Solicitor General, has joined Ropes & Gray as a partner in its Appellate and Supreme Court practice. Hallward-Driemeir began his legal career as an assoicate with Ropes & Gray so this is a bit of a homecoming for him. Hallward-Driemeier has handled appeals and Supreme Court litigation for the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 30, 2009
In a year that has been notable for salary cuts, layoffs, associate deferrals and smaller bonuses, it should come as no surprise that promotions to partner are also down across the board. Profits are down, and firms are reluctant to increase the number of slices of the shrinking pie. Although not every firm [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 29, 2009
Good morning everyone! It’s Thursday, October 29th and here in Las Vegas it feels like winter has already arrived. As I write this, my house is being buffeted by gusts of wind up to 50mph. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories… Foley & Lardner has struck a deal with the NIH… McGuire Woods gets [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 28, 2009
We told you last week that Ropes & Gray is opening a new office in London. The office is being setup with two partners who moved from White & Case and two partners from the US. Now Ropes & Gray has a fifth partner in London. Jonathan Bloom, also formerly of White [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 23, 2009
Good morning everyone, and TGIF! An army reservist has won his summary judgement against SUBWAY… Ropes & Gray is opening a London office soon… WilmerHale laid off some of its staff… and there is a new class of partners at Sullivan & Cromwell…
Continue reading...Thursday, October 22, 2009
Ropes & Gray is launching a new office in London, slated to open in January of next year. The office will be led by Maurice Allen and Michael Goetz who are moving over from White & Case. Two senior partners from the US, Newcomb Stillwell and David Chapin, will also join the London [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Tax partner Stephen E. Shay is leaving Ropes & Gray to join the US Treasury as deputy assistant secretary for international tax affairs. Before joining Ropes & Gray in 1987, Shay was international tax counsel for the Treasury. Meanwhile, Mark Popofsky joins Ropes & Gray in Washington DC as co-head of the antitrust practice group. He was [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Ropes & Gray, which in July deferred its 2009 summer associates to “no earlier than January 2011,” is offering those associates a public interest fellowship worth $60,000. The firm would not confirm rumors that every single one of its current summers was offered a job, but said there would be a “very high offer rate.” In addition [...]
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