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Dechert Duo Join Skadden

Dechert Duo Join Skadden

Dechert partners James Elacqua and Andrew Thomases have left the firm to join Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in Silicon Valley. James Elacqua won a $57 million verdict in…

Former Bush Lawyer John Farren Sued By Wife for Attack

Former Bush Lawyer John Farren Sued By Wife for Attack

Mary Margaret Farren filed a lawsuit last week in Connecticut trial court against her husband, John Michael Farren. Farren, a former deputy general counsel to George W. Bush, has been…

Skadden to do early summer offers, en masse

Skadden to do early summer offers, en masse

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom, LLP, has announced its intent to make all of its offers to law students for summer of 2010 on September 22nd of this year.…

Skadden Slashing 2010 Summer Class Size by Half

Skadden Slashing 2010 Summer Class Size by Half

Skadden will hold its Summer associates program in 2010, but with less than half as many associates than in 2009. The firm had 225 summers this year, but will only…

Skadden Warns Summers: You Will Be Deferred to 2011

Skadden Warns Summers: You Will Be Deferred to 2011

The 2009 Summer Associate Program at Skadden has begun. And the 3Ls have been warned that, if they get an offer to join Skadden, they won’t be starting in 2010…

Confirmed: Skadden Gets O’Melveny’s Beisner & Team [UPDATE]

Confirmed: Skadden Gets O’Melveny’s Beisner & Team [UPDATE]

Blawgs are reporting that Skadden has lured over prominent attorney John Beisner and two others from O’Melveny & Myers. Beisner is the chair of O’Melveny’s Class Actions, Mass Torts, and…

Skadden Creates New Practice in Hong Kong

Skadden Creates New Practice in Hong Kong

Skadden is sending three London lawyers to Hong Kong, plus bringing on a new lawyer, to handle cases related to the credit crunch. London’s Paul Mitchard will head the practice;…

Skadden Freezes Salaries for Counsel

Skadden Freezes Salaries for Counsel

New York’s Skadden has announced it will not raise salaries for counsel in 2009. Associates will not be affected. The firm still intends to offer discretionary, merit-based bonuses. Skadden is…

Incoming Skadden Associates Get Litigation Rotation

Skadden, which on Friday laid off an undisclosed number of staff attorneys and 50 support staffers, is introducing a litigation program for its incoming class. From the memo: … To…

Income Based Repayment to Aid Law Grads

From Slate via Legal Geekery, a new way for law students to pay off their loan debt: Most people know about the plan where you’d work for 10 years at…

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