Cadwalader enjoyed a modest uptick in revenue in 2011, the firm’s first burst of top-line growth since 2007, according to The American Lawyer’s reporting, which showed the firm’s gross revenue increased 4.4 percent, to $448.5 million, and revenue per lawyer was up nearly 8 percent, to $965,000.

Aaron Shorr, firmwide trial consultant for Skadden Arps, talks with John Cleaves, of Latham & Watkins, about the technology that helps get his firm through trials — both large and small.Visit Law Technology News

Greenberg Traurig has rejected allegations of professional negligence in its work for Heller Ehrman before the firm’s dissolution, claiming it was just doing what it was told.

Jenner & Block saw its gross revenue and profits per partner pushed to record levels last year thanks to a combination of new work, cost-cutting, and fewer equity partners. Gross revenue inched up 2.6 percent in 2011 to $389 million, while the firm’s profits per equity partner rose 11.2 percent to $1.55 million.

Edwards Wildman Palmer announced Monday the election of a new leadership team triumvirate, which is spread between offices in Chicago, London and Hartford, Conn. The change comes against the backdrop of a suit that two former partners filed this month against the firm and current managing partner Walter Reed.