Charles “Rick” Rule, formerly the chair of the antitrust practice at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson has joined Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. Rule will chair Cadwalader’s antitrust practice in Washington and will continue to work in the transactional area. Prior to working at Fried Frank, Rule headed the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust division under Pres. Reagan and represented Microsoft against the government during its 1990s antitrust battle. Rule’s hiring is a boost for Cadwalader, which lost the previous antitrust chair Steven Sunshine and two partners to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in January. The firm is one of the top for profits per partner and is known for its agressive lateral hiring.
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