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July 31, 2008 |

With 96 More Layoffs, Cadwalader Faces Its 'Cataclysmic Event'

Just last year, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft was riding high, having reached economic heights previously scaled only by the Cravaths and Wachtells of the profession. In an interview at the time, the firm's then-chairman predicted there'd be no problem sustaining that success "short of some cataclysmic event." Cadwalader is now facing just that kind of event, announcing it is laying off 96 lawyers due to slowness in core practices. It's the second round of layoffs for the firm, which cut 35 lawyers in January.
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July 31, 2008 |

Associates Survey 2008 City

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July 31, 2008 |

Associates Survey 2008 City

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May 30, 2008 |

The A-List (51-200)

Lawyers like to lament the passing of their fabled past, when partners knew each other on sight, firms contented themselves to operating in one ZIP code and junior associates were not a menacing anonymous horde threatening to take out their frustrations via the blogosphere. As it happens, in the big-firm world those days aren't gone, they've just moved to the Am Law Second Hundred ranks, where firms are prosperous and growing steadily but retain the possibility of old-fashioned cohesion.
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December 14, 2009 |

Civil Actions

The following cases were recently filed in Washington-area district courts. This information is provided by the district courts' official online bulletins.
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March 29, 1999 |

Court Hears Key Patent Case

Last week, the Supreme Court was asked to determine how much deference the appeals court should give to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences and whether the board's determinations should be reviewed under the clear error standard that the Federal Circuit uses or under the abuse of discretion standard mandated by the Administrative Procedures Act. But the case may be more about agency politics than patent law.
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Supreme Court Grants Cert in Microsoft's Appeal of $290 Million i4i Award, Teeing Up Battle over Evidentiary Standard for Invalidity
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Microsoft's loss to the tiny Canadian software company--first in a jury verdict, then in post-trial rulings, and most recently at the Fed Circuit--has been a big blotch on the company's record of knocking out IP challenges. But now the Supreme Court will hear the case--and the outcome won't just affect Microsoft.

September 20, 2013 |

Justice Watch: Miami-Dade Property Dispute Leads To Sibling Rivalry

A brother and sister are fighting it out in Miami-Dade Circuit Court over the rights to retail buildings with high-profile addresses in Miami Beach and Coral Gables.
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July 11, 2012 |

Chancery Awards $3.3 Mil. in Attorney Fees in Contract Dispute

The Delaware Court of Chancery has ruled that three affiliates of the Scion Group are both jointly and individually liable for the roughly $3.3 million in attorney fees and expenses incurred by an ASB Capital Management investment fund that prevailed over Scion in a legal dispute regarding contracts governing three joint ventures formed by the two commercial real estate companies.
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April 01, 2013 |

Deal of the Week: Power Up

Vinson & Elkins represents Energy Transfer Partners L.P. (ETP) of Houston in its pending acquisition of Energy Transfer Equity L.P. (ETE)'s interest in ETP Holdco Corp. for $3.75 billion. ETE, of Dallas, turned to Latham & Watkins.
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