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  • October 11, 2007 |

    Freshfields and Sidley get closure but age timebomb ticks on

    Two recent cases on either side of the Atlantic point to one of the most crucial issues currently facing commercial law firms. Namely, how to cope with…

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  • October 10, 2007 |

    Record payout in Sidley case heats up retirement debate

    The ethics of US law firms forcing partners to retire are set to come under intense scrutiny after Sidley Austin last week agreed to fork out $27.5m (£13.1m) to settle the largest ever age discrimination case against a law firm.

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  • October 8, 2007 |

    Legal Week Lunchbox: 8/10/07

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today;

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  • October 8, 2007 |

    Sidley settles key partner age bias suit for $27m

    Sidley Austin has agreed to pay a $27.5m (£13.1m) settlement to end a closely-watched age discrimination suit brought by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of 32 former partners, writes the New York Law Journal. The partners at issue, most of whom were in their 50s or 60s, were demoted to counsel status in 1999 by the firm then known as Sidley & Austin. All but around 10 of them ultimately left the Chicago-based firm. In a January 2005 lawsuit filed after a lengthy investigation, the EEOC charged that the demotions were made in violation of the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act. The firm claims the demotions were based on performance.

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  • September 25, 2007 |

    DLA Piper in NY corporate hiring spree

    DLA Piper has recruited New York corporate partners from the local offices of three different Chicago firms, writes the New York Law Journal. Drew Chapman is joining DLA Piper as chair of the fund services group, a practice he previously headed for Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal. He focuses on representing hedge funds, private equity funds and other alternative investment groups.

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  • September 24, 2007 | International Edition

    Fried Frank peps City pensions with Sidley hire

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson has hired its first pensions and employment partner in London after a raid on rival US law firm Sidley Austin. Sheena McCaffrey joins Fried Frank today (24 September) from Sidley, where she was a counsel. She will head the City employment and pensions team at her new firm, working with several associates already at Fried Frank.

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  • September 24, 2007 |

    Fried Frank peps City pensions with Sidley hire

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson has hired its first pensions and employment partner in London after a raid on rival US law firm Sidley Austin. Sheena McCaffrey joins Fried Frank today (24 September) from Sidley, where she was a counsel. She will head the City employment and pensions team at her new firm, working with several associates already at Fried Frank.

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    Freshfields cashes in on Northern Rock crisis

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has grabbed a high-profile role advising Northern Rock on the crisis that has engulfed the embattled UK mortgage lender.

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    Shearman and Sidley take lead on billion-dollar rail group tie-up

    Shearman & Sterling and Sidley Austin have scored roles on the $1.48bn (£740m) tie-up between American railroad groups Canadian Pacific and Dakota Minnesota & Eastern Railroad (DM&E).

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    US firms in London: Friends in the City

    Almost half the respondents to this years' US firms in London survey would consider a tie-up with a UK firm. Helen Mooney reports on London's enduring appeal

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