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…
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, 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 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…
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…
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 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;…
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…
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…
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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