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2 months ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Ben Penn |Justin WiseExclusive |Justin Wise |Seth Stern
Attorneys representing former Cognizant Technology executives about to go on trial sought a dismissal directly from the Justice Department’s No. 2 official the day after President Donald Trump ordered a pause on foreign bribery enforcement. The overture from law firms Jones Day and Paul Weiss came on behalf of Cognizant’s former president and chief legal officer, who are charged with approving a $2 million payoff to expand their business into India, said two people briefed on the matter.
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2 months ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Ben Penn |Justin WiseExclusive |Justin Wise |Seth Stern
Attorneys representing former Cognizant Technology executives about to go on trial sought a dismissal directly from the Justice Department’s No. 2 official the day after President Donald Trump ordered a pause on foreign bribery enforcement. The overture from law firms Jones Day and Paul Weiss came on behalf of Cognizant’s former president and chief legal officer, who are charged with approving a $2 million payoff to expand their business into India, said two people briefed on the matter.
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2 months ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Justin WiseExclusive |Justin Wise
President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department’s antitrust division earned $1.2 million as a policy head at Roku Inc., where her advocacy work included lobbying on a bill targeting Big Tech. Gail Slater earned a salary and bonus of roughly $1.2 million as vice president for public policy at the television streaming company, where she worked between February 2022 and October 2023, according to a financial disclosure obtained by Bloomberg Law.
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Feb 21, 2024 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Justin WiseExclusive |Justin Wise
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith fired two top managers as the firm continues a string of overhauls following the mass exodus of nearly 140 lawyers last year. Brian Gedeon, the firm’s chief financial officer, and Barbara Cheen, the chief client relations officer, have been dismissed, according to an internal Lewis Brisbois memo viewed Wednesday by Bloomberg Law.
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Nov 7, 2023 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Meghan Tribe |Justin WiseExclusive |Justin Wise
Cravath, Swaine & Moore has quietly created a salaried partner tier, making it the latest in a series of Wall Street law firms to revamp pay schemes in response to new competitive forces. The firm “recently established the salary partner role,” Faiza Saeed, Cravath’s presiding partner, said Tuesday in an internal memo viewed by Bloomberg Law.
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Nov 7, 2023 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Meghan Tribe |Justin WiseExclusive |Justin Wise
Cravath, Swaine & Moore has quietly created a salaried partner tier, making it the latest in a series of Wall Street law firms to revamp pay schemes in response to new competitive forces. The firm “recently established the salary partner role,” Faiza Saeed, Cravath’s presiding partner, said Tuesday in an internal memo viewed by Bloomberg Law.
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Aug 17, 2023 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Justin WiseExclusive |Justin Wise
The law firm that sprouted from a Lewis Brisbois mass exodus is effectively marking the end of its operation, as at least another 25 attorneys from there joined O’Hagan Meyer. The group fleeing Daugherty Lordan includes founding partners Kate Den Bleyker and John Haubrich, O’Hagan Meyer said in a Wednesday statement. The lawyers follow an earlier wave of Daugherty Lordan attorneys who joined O’Hagan Meyer, including name partner Joseph Lordan.
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Aug 4, 2023 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Justin WiseExclusive |Justin Wise
Dechert is giving up to 20 summer associates the option to delay their 2024 start, with the incentive of a $75,000 stipend for those who choose to work with a nonprofit entity through the firm. The associates who accept a deferment would start at the firm in fall 2025, a Dechert spokesperson confirmed Friday. Those that choose to work for a pro bono or nonprofit organization through Dechert will receive a $75,000 stipend and benefits, the spokesperson said.
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Jul 12, 2023 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Justin WiseExclusive |Justin Wise
The law firm that sprouted from a Lewis Brisbois mass exodus has itself seen a wave of more than 30 defections after the new operation’s leaders were ousted over past racist, sexist and antisemitic emails. The departures include Joseph Lordan, a name partner at the spinoff practice, Daugherty Lordan. He has joined O’Hagan Meyer as co-managing partner of the San Francisco office, according to the firm’s website and an auto response to an email sent to Daugherty Lordan.
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Jul 12, 2023 | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Justin WiseExclusive |Justin Wise
The law firm that sprouted from a Lewis Brisbois mass exodus has itself seen a wave of more than 30 defections after the new operation’s leaders were ousted over past racist, sexist and antisemitic emails. The departures include Joseph Lordan, a name partner at the spinoff practice, Daugherty Lordan. He has joined O’Hagan Meyer as co-managing partner of the San Francisco office, according to the firm’s website and an auto response to an email sent to Daugherty Lordan.
