Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Where in the world is Carlos Spinelli-Noseda? Nobody seems to know.

Mr. Spinelli-Noseda, a graduate of Yale College and Harvard Law School, was a young and well-regarded partner in Sullivan & Cromwell’s Latin American practice, as well as the firm’s hiring partner. At some point in the past few weeks—it’s not clear exactly when—his staff bio was removed from the firm’s external and internal Web sites. A cached version of his bio was available for a time through Google, but now it, too, has vanished.  read more »

The maelstrom surrounding the former Sullivan & Cromwell associate, Aaron Charney, is finally over.We miss it as much as we miss our old law reporter, Anna Schneider Mayerson.

Here's the story: Mr. Charney, who is gay, launched a formal complaint with the New York State Supreme Court against the white shoe firm, saying that he’d been subjected to sexual harassment at the hands of an uncouth partner. (Remarks about fecal matter on documents and bending over were allegedly made; the firm categorically denied all of Mr. Charney’s claims.) Well, the salacious saga has finally come to a puttering close…

The New York Law Journal reports:

Sullivan & Cromwell said Thursday it had reached a settlement with former associate Aaron Charney, who sued the New York law firm earlier this year for sexual orientation discrimination.  read more »

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