CWT has gone full retard. NEVER go full retard, man.

First suckas!

FIRST!!!

Darks arts? I thought it was dark arts? Darks arts sounds racist. Elie, stop being racist.

I am thankful for the opportunity to spackle tackle one of them hot CWT NY 05 female associates.

Spackle tackle?

Over the weekend?? Shouldn't suff like this get done during the week?

That sounds both erotic and violent.

Elie, I'm not as down on you as some of the others, but why the negative, "populist" tone to every post? We're all (or at least mostly) practicing attorneys or law students and fully capable of making our own conclusions. 75% of each of your posts are fine, it's the 25% that you dedicate to lecturing that turns me off.

apparently the "t" key got suck . . I mean stuck . . on the keyboard

Damn you, S&C!!!! Will you F-ing announce already!?

My quick smells like french toast
~1

they sent it to the laid off attorneys' personal email addresses?

Elie, I'm not as down on you as some of the others, but why the negative, "populist" tone to every post? We're all (or at least mostly) practicing attorneys or law students and fully capable of making our own conclusions. 75% of each of your posts are fine, it's the 25% that you dedicate to lecturing that turns me off.

it's not clear from your post that CWT sent the card to its laid off employees, even though that's what you implied.

BITCH SPREAD THE BUTT CHEEKS SO I CAN SMELLS THE JUICY INSIDES!

Umm maybe those 96 could be thankful that they're STILL GETTING PAID four months into their Cambodian getaway...

I'm guessing this is how it happened - when layoffs went down, someone updated the firm's contact database with the laid off attorneys' emails. And the distribution for the holiday card list was culled from the database without much thought (heck, they're probably low on marketing and administrative staff for this kind of thing, ya know?). So the formers were included. Not smart, but no big deal really.

17 is racist.

I don't see this as a big deal, even though I was one of the Cadwalader 96. The firm regularly sends holiday e-cards to all CWT alumni in good standing, which includes us. It would be stranger, and ruder in my opinion, for the firm to have taken us out of the email list.

As for the card itself, this was among the more tactful I've seen (despite the cheesy music and the inordinate number of photos). My favorite paralegal is now married; one of my favorite associate colleagues finished a marathon. I appreciated the updates, and am glad these people still have jobs.

On the other hand, they better enjoy these jobs while they last. Which probably won't be for much longer...

I think the card is a good idea. It’s a great way to test the internal security procedures practiced by the partners and their families. There is no other explanation for why a partner would post a picture of his family, with his name, unless he was sending the following message to recently fired associates “I dare you.” Even I never sent pictures of Kim and me to President Logan asking him to give thanks, so I have to respect the move.

22 is consistently brilliant.
--Elie

I don't think the card was bad form. I think they are trying to remind us that family and friends etc. are more important than money. Not a bad time to be thinking of that in economic times like this. However, check out the beefcake shot in the left part of the 'h' in thanks. How/why did they let that one get in?

Elie, I'm not as down on you as some of the others, but why the negative, "populist" tone to every post? We're all (or at least mostly) practicing attorneys or law students and fully capable of making our own conclusions. 75% of each of your posts are fine, it's the 25% that you dedicate to lecturing that turns me off.

17 NAILED IT.

Edward Rooney

It was emailed to me on Friday night (see below) - the oddest card I have ever received. I was half expecting to see a cute little child saying "I'm glad my Daddy/Mommy hasn't been laid off (yet)."

New York to 100!!! And more porridge for Uganda! These hungry Ugandan schoolchildren are waiting for CWT to outsource Biglaw jobs - http://kasiisiporridge.org/default.aspx.

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From: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP [mailto:cadwalader@info.cadwalader.com]
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 2:28 PM
To:
Subject: Happy Holidays

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To ensure delivery to your inbox, please add cadwalader@info.cadwalader.com to your address book.

In lieu of holiday cards, Cadwalader has made a donation on behalf of our clients and friends to the American Cancer Society and the Kasiisi Porridge Project, Uganda. Click here to view our holiday greeting.

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It was emailed to me on Friday night (see below) - the oddest card I have ever received. I was half expecting to see a cute little child saying "I'm glad my Daddy/Mommy hasn't been laid off (yet)."

New York to 100!!! And more porridge for Uganda! These hungry Ugandan schoolchildren are waiting for CWT to outsource Biglaw jobs - http://kasiisiporridge.org/default.aspx.

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From: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP [mailto:cadwalader@info.cadwalader.com]
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 2:28 PM
To:
Subject: Happy Holidays

If you cannot view this email, please click here.
To ensure delivery to your inbox, please add cadwalader@info.cadwalader.com to your address book.

In lieu of holiday cards, Cadwalader has made a donation on behalf of our clients and friends to the American Cancer Society and the Kasiisi Porridge Project, Uganda. Click here to view our holiday greeting.

To opt-out from future communications, please click here.

This post is really a stretch

Any more stories about CWT NY associates from last weekends party?

Elie=panderer

25, how many times are you going to make the same post whining about how a passing comment about a firm christmas card amounts to a "lecture"? Are you slow?

No matter what CWT does, it will be critized by Elie. If they didn't send the former associates an e-card, you would have called them scrooges for not caring. They get the e-card and CWT is viewed as acting in bad taste. Nevermind the fact that CWT gave its former associates a very generious severance AND didn't try to hide the fact that they were laying off associates via performance based crap. Why the hell is Elie posting all these negative posts about a firm who "got it right" when laying off associates and yet other firms who either paid crappy severance and/or laid off people in a stealthlike manner get off with only a "firm XYZ laid off folks" blog posting? Obviously someone has an axe to grind...I would prefer Elie to not use his position as ATL editor to obsessively disparage a firm he has issues with. It's like the Obama/McCain thing all over again.

http://www.cadwalader.com/happyholidays_08/

Comment removed by moderator.

CWT is giving donations in the names of all female associates to The Human Fund.

I actually think that the holiday card is pretty nice and very well done, and I'm not one to hold a lot of love for CWT.

I don't normally comment, but the writing in this post is abysmal, not to mention repetitive. What was bad taste? Implicitly it seems the e-mail was sent to the laid off associates, but where does it say that? The basic premise of a story is who, what, when, why, where and how. Is it too much to ask if we get those details? Moreover, if we say "bad form" three times, does it make it true?

CWT is hell on earth.

I would still nail a sheep over even the hottest of hot CWT NY female associates.

Jack -

I love you.

Why is it that the moderator can remove some messages but not any of the pornographic sophistry that has permeated this site of late. It's hard to find the worthwhile comments among all the filth.

I give thanks for the CWT '05 NY female associate that I nailed for free over the weekend. She did suggest I donate a fair amount to charity in return for her services.

~ This is a filthy comment ~

@====<3

I was laid off from CWT and didn't receive a card! I am now very upset.

LOL@"It's like the Obama/McCain thing all over again."

Stop being a damn baby, Cadwalader Troll.

There is no better fund than The Human Fund and the CWT NY female associates who participate are just gravy, baby.

42 - "Pornographic sophistry"? Really?

39

Hell on earth? No, that is reserved for Salusa Secundus.

There is nothing wrong with sending a holiday greetings to a former employee, so long as you treated them with dignity and respect when shoving them out the door.

All I got from CWT was a pink slip and my salad tossed for the holidays. Thanx CWT.

22, hilarious, easily the best comment I've read in a very long time.

22 is a blatant ripoff of a popular Fox TV show (and 22 is racist)

45,

Me too. :-(

I expect I'll get over it eventually.

What in the world gets a comment removed?

Is the Human Fund like the Human Stain?

clearly it wasn't actually removed.

BURN!!!

57 doesn't answer the question

I left Cadwalader in '06 and due to the turnover and the layoffs, I only recognize four people in the e-card. Wow!

Where's the THANKS FOR THE KNEEPADS! They Really Take Off the Rugburn!
from the associates?

Hire 22, Fire Ellie.

23 (Ellie) would seem to agree.

are you new? While i agree it is bad for to send the card to recently dismissed associates, how does it possibly make sense to "only send [the card] to people currently employed by the firm?" When a business sends a holiday card, it is about developing business. The whole point is to send it to people outside of the firm.