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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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  • September 5, 2007 |

    Mayer Brown future up for grabs as competing visions vie for dominance

    Mayer Brown is moving through a turbulent period defined by a high-stakes restructuring. Can the firm fulfil its global ambitions?

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  • August 29, 2007 |

    Freshfields transfers five to Wall St in bid to meet growing US demand

    Magic circle firm moves to kickstart US growth after transferring two partners to its growing Manhattan arm

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  • August 13, 2007 | International Edition

    Former Wachtell team joins Vinson

    Vinson & Elkins has acquired New York boutique Cronin & Vris in a boost to the Texas-based law firm's bankruptcy practice. The five-lawyer practice is set to join Vinson's New York office, with founding partner Dennis Cronin becoming a partner and co-head of Vinson's insolvency practice. Also joining Vinson as partners will be Jane Vris and Dov Kleiner.

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