Following over two years of litigation, a cross-office team from the Global Litigation Group reached a favorable resolution on behalf of its pro bono clients in New York federal court. Cadwalader represented an active-duty U.S. Army service member, his wife, and their minor children to bring claims against their former landlords concerning dangerous mold growth in a log cabin that the family rented outside of West Point, New York, while the family was stationed at the United States Military Academy. The case involved groundbreaking claims under a federal statute designed to protect servicemembers, as well as complex issues with multiple expert reports.

Tomorrow will mark the end of this year’s Justice Served campaign, the 7th annual six-week campaign within the New York City legal community in support of Food Bank For New York City.

This year’s campaign, which began on February 1, has already raised enough money to provide 440,000 meals, and it is likely that number will go up significantly with the last-minute push for donations.

The 21st installment of our Civil Right Series was held in February. Hayley Gorenberg, Legal Director for New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, and Natalie M. Chin, Associate Professor of Law at the CUNY School of Law, joined us to discuss the COVID pandemic’s illumination of myriad civil rights challenges implicating race, disability, gender and the environment. You can access a replay of “Civil Rights in the Crucible of COVID” here.

Our 2021 Diversity Brochure is now live.

It once again tells an important story of our continued progress toward achieving our diversity, equity & inclusion objectives.