Talk:Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

message: does anyone else think that this article is a bit too long?  some of the information is rather irrelevant. Kiwidude 07:17, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There are many articles that are longer.  What do you believe is irrelavant?  --Nelson Ricardo 11:38, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Using Nelson logic: There are many articles that are shorter. What do you believe is most relevant? --Haizum    μολὼν λαβέ 10:46, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, now you are Wikistalking me.  Just so you know, I find stalkers flattering.  How old are you?  If you are 18 or over, we should get together and argue about something that has little relevance in the grand scheme of the universe. --Nelson Ricardo 11:33, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmn, I don't understand the ad hominem reply, Nelson. Why don't you reflect upon my previous comment and form a more appropriate and logical rejoinder for your fellow editor, Kiwidude? I'm just trying to facilitate cogent dialog here, Nelson. --Haizum    μολὼν λαβέ 01:00, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: People who know Latin and Greek must be more smart than I.  Me should back down b4 they imbareass  I.  --Nelson Ricardo 20:34, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes! "According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Skadden was one of the top law firms contributing to federal candidates during the 2012 election cycle, donating $1.98 million, 76% to Democrats.[45] By comparison, during that same period Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld donated $2.56 million, 66% to Democrats[45] and oil conglomerate ExxonMobil donated $2.66 million, 88% to Republicans" What is up with these comparisons? Why exxonmobil and akin grum? This wiki reads a bit like a PR piece.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.78.149.116 (talk) 04:11, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Too long?

message: Does anyone know what type of gaming this page is talking about?  See Gaming for more specific types.  I'm guessing this is most likely Gambling or Games of chance. --Ash211 18:05, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: fixed Nelson Ricardo 07:28, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
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message: Nice whitewash, given that there is not a single mention of any of the multitude of unethical practices cited in Skadden:  Power, Money, and the Rise of a Legal Empire by Lincoln Caplan  -- Davidkevin (talk) 04:22, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nice Whitewash 

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message: Andrea Manafort Shand, daughter of Paul Manafort, worked with Alex Van der Zwaan.--Wikipietime (talk) 15:03, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  2018 Election interference of Russian  

message: Up until a week ago this article’s lede sentence began .... On February 23, User:Störm removed the other names and left it as “commonly known as Skadden Arps”. No reference or reason was given. I believe this was an error, and a search will show that the firm name is is generally shortened to “Skadden”. Our article here has always said “Skadden” and still does. A search of sources finds that most sources, including the New York Times and the Washington Post (the “papers of record”), use “Skadden” - Washington Post, The New York Times, Bloomberg, NBC News, Financial Times, ABA Journal, law.com -  although a few do use “Skadden Arps”. The clincher is that the law firm itself consistently uses “Skadden” as its short form. The logo says Skadden, as you can see on this very article. The website is at www.skadden.com. And in talking about itself at that website, it consistently calls itself Skadden: overview, News and Rankings, Diversity and Inclusion, pro bono, Professionals, Latest from Skadden. I propose to change the lede to . --MelanieN (talk) 17:05, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: P.S. I couldn't find any place that shortens it to "SASM&F" so I left that out of my proposal. --MelanieN (talk) 17:07, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for your prompt reply! I will change it. I'm not so sure about changing the article title to the shortened version. From looking at :Category:Law firms of the United States I get the feeling that we generally use the full formal name for our article title. "Skadden" already redirects here. --MelanieN (talk) 17:33, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  The short name of this firm 

message: https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2019/01/17/feds-punish-skadden-over-firms-unregistered-ukraine-work/
this wikipedia article has no relevance without this information being included, they are just another firm  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:5CC:C580:150E:457F:CBFA:B024:C071 (talk) 12:08, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  please edit article to include 2019 DOJ FARA settlement 

message: Skadden is a large firm that, as a result of it's size has been involved with many clients and issues over the years.  Wouldn't it be informative to add some of the concerning issues they have been involved with to the public domain? This page as it is, is just a promotion page that lists the years in business, notable accomplishments and notable people.  That could just be their website - which isn't what Wikipedia is supposed to be for.
* New Lawsuit Takes Aim At Skadden Billing Practices - Delaware Chancery issue (Dozens of news articles)
* Ukraine and Greg Craig (Dozens of news articles)
* TransPerfect (Many articles)
* Skadden $4.6 fine, re - Oleksandr Tymoshenko
* Skadden and diversity - Al Sharpton (many articles)
These were just in the past 12 months.  I am not suggesting that the firm deserves a bad rap, but I am suggesting that this forum isn't for just the issues most companies want to promote their businesses with.
Fairlysimple (talk) 23:04, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversies section 

message: 2020 - Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has paid $11 million or more to avoid a lawsuit by a former Ukrainian prime minister, Yulia V. Tymoshenko, who blamed the firm for aiding in her political persecution.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/10/us/politics/skadden-ukraine-settlement-tymoshenko.html?fbclid=IwAR2ApH9xXQ6mfD2jeFTmPmc18ZW71j9JLJ00iJlnGAH4rFZ8tJcq_Upmfm4 Alexkillern1 (talk) 11:13, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. I need you to please state what needs to be changed.  You can say "add X to section Z" or "delete Y from section Z", but you cannot just state a fact or a sourced fact without specifying where you want it to be added. Aasim 01:18, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a legitimate request with a reliable source. I'll see if I can come up with something. -- MelanieN (talk) 01:33, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Hi :  I see there is a reliable source, but I cannot see where to add it to the article.  If you can find a good place, that would be wonderful :) Aasim 02:05, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  There is a lot more to say than just this. It turns out that somebody has whitewashed the whole Ukraine scandal out of the article. I am working on a paragraph on the subject, with multiple sources, and will add it tonight or tomorrow. That was a valuable suggestion. -- MelanieN (talk) 02:35, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well, I was wrong; some of it is there, in the timeline. I will either add the missing parts or make a new paragraph. -- MelanieN (talk) 03:20, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  In fact I may rewrite the Timeline section into a History section as is done in most articles. -- MelanieN (talk) 03:23, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks .  :)  Aasim 15:57, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 11 May 2020 

message: Skadden's New York headquarters changed in March 2020 from 4 Times Square to One Manhattan West, New York, NY 10001-8602 https://www.skadden.com/locations/americas/new-york..
As of January 2020, Skadden has 349 partners https://www.law.com/law-firm-profile/?id=279&name=Skadden&slreturn=20200418112321.
Gregory B. Craig no longer works at Skadden and should be part of the Notable Alumni section https://www.skadden.com/professionals/greg-b-craig or https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/former-skadden-partner-greg-craig-takes-standLakersFan5 (talk) 15:43, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: ! GoingBatty (talk) 01:09, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request edit on 18 May 2020 

message: Is ECP still required? Firm is not in the news quite so much any more. Awbfiend (talk) 01:14, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  ECP 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: Moved to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom per nom.  No such user (talk) 08:59, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Skadden →  – Harmonize with most other law firm articles' titles, where the full name is used.  White Whirlwind  01:17, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

text: This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 14:49, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 7 September 2021 

message: The description duplicates information that is noted in the second paragraph under “History.” While it’s important info about Skadden, it is not a description of the firm, like other law firm pages are (See, White & Case or Cravath, Swaine & Moore). 
Shoule be removed from the first section: “Skadden has a history of representing clients with ties to the Vladimir Putin regime in Russia, such as Alfa Bank and Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. The firm helped Viktor F. Yanukovych, the pro-Russian leader of Ukraine who was ousted in Euromaidan, produce a report justifying the imprisonment of his pro-European rival Yulia V. Tymoshenko. In 2020, the firm paid a $4.6 million settlement to the U.S. Department of Justice for lobbying in the U.S. on behalf of a Russia-aligned Ukrainian government without disclosing so.” Hikix25 (talk) 14:38, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia reflects what reliable sources say. It's irrelevant what WP:OTHER Wikipedia articles do. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 14:45, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested edit 17 March 2022 

message: Completely remove introductory paragraph reading: Skadden has a history of representing clients with ties to the Vladimir Putin regime in Russia, such as Alfa Bank and Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. The firm helped Viktor F. Yanukovych, the pro-Russian leader of Ukraine who was ousted in Euromaidan, produce a report justifying the imprisonment of his pro-European rival Yulia V. Tymoshenko. In 2020, the firm paid a $4.6 million settlement to the U.S. Department of Justice for lobbying in the U.S. on behalf of a Russia-aligned Ukrainian government without disclosing so.
Current page editing restrictions intended to prevent vandalism are having the effect of protecting vandalism. This is clearly politicized propaganda and fake news. Skadden Arps disavowed the work of one rogue attorney a decade ago and has paid a hefty price for his misdeeds. Even Skadden partners disapproved of the work at the time. Skadden Arps recently effectively shut down its office in Moscow, one of the first U.S. firms to do so, and has contributed to helping Ukraine in a variety of ways. Standwithukraina (talk) 03:55, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the  template. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:53, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: New to backend of wikipedia. Do not know what a consensus requires. It's obvious that this paragraph was inserted maliciously. No other law firms have something so specific in their introductions. See Cravath, Swaine & Moore page or Latham & Watkins page or Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz page or any other Big Law firm. This edit has been removed previously by other editors only to be re-added by one person. The severity of this bias amounts to a falsehood. Skadden Arps supports Ukraine and disavows any association with the events and people who instigated this unprovoked war. Standwithukraina (talk) 00:30, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

text: Wikipedia:Requests for comment. Lindenfall (talk) 23:54, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

text: Can someone fix this? Standwithukraina (talk) 04:25, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  I trimmed the lead. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 13:39, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Still makes absolutely no sense for it to be in the lead at all. Snooganssnoogans is the culprit of the vandalism. He/She/They cannot be expected to provide an adequate remedy. Needs to be completely removed because it's already explained in the "History" section. And separately, it shouldn't even be in the history section. More appropriately placed in the "other work" section, or added to a new "controversies" section. It's redundant, unbalanced, and misleads readers. Standwithukraina (talk) 14:53, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

text: Additionally, the "trimming" only made it MORE unbalanced by increasing ambiguity and replacing words with negative conclusory synonyms. The length of the lead was not the issue. The substance and its location was the issue, and still is. Inadequate revision. Just more vandalism. Analogous to covering up graffiti of a swear word with graffiti of a racial slur comprised of fewer letters and claiming it's fixed. Standwithukraina (talk) 14:59, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  On Wikipedia, the lead summarizes the body per WP:LEAD and this is the most substantive part of the body. Should we ignore Wikipedia policies just because it's now inconvenient for your company that it profited on helping individuals and institutions closely tied to Putin's regime in Russia and deceived U.S. authorities about its lobbying for these clients? Snooganssnoogans (talk) 15:29, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't work for the company. The lead "serves as an introduction to the article and a summary of its most important contents." The most important content is not the temporarily topical and controversial subject of its limited work in regarding Ukraine. If it was the most important part of the article, it would've been there before you vandalized the page and added it to the lead. Additionally, your edits don't summarize it; you detail it. The sole purpose of your changes are to damage the firm's reputation because of what you subjectively and incorrectly believe is their culpability in a current event. It is not your place to say that what you added is the most important part of the article. This compromises the integrity of all Wikipedia pages. Yes, the substance of this information belongs on the page, but obviously not in the lead. See previous comments. Still needs to be fixed. Standwithukraina (talk) 22:55, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

text: Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the  template. I'm yet again closing this as needs consensus, as it is under discussion. Suggest some alternate verbiage, come to some sort of compromise, accept where it's at, or start an RFC. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 19:26, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 19 March 2022 

message: For nearly three quarters of a century, Skadden has been involved in many of the most important legal matters in the world, but over the last 3 weeks, Snooganssnoogans has systematically vandalized this page to reduce mentions of its public interest and philanthropic work and make nearly the entire history section about the firm's extremely limited involvement with Russia and Ukraine. Snooganssnoogans makes speculative accusations like "Tymoshenko made plans to sue." That content is not encyclopedic and it makes no sense to frame the history of a global law firm in the context of a single decade-old matter that almost everyone at the firm disapproved of at the time. Every major law firm is involved in countless controversial matters every day. Controversy is often the reason parties hire law firms. All edits made by Snooganssnoogans should be undone and they should be prohibited from vandalizing any wikipedia pages in the future. Standwithukraina (talk) 22:53, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: As an aside, I have just issued a WP:ARBEE alert to the OP based off of the post above.  For someone who claims they have no dog in the ring you've got a monomania for this article to the point you're acting like a bog-standard partisan editor that has plagued the Eastern Europe topic area for well over a decade. I strongly suggest you retract the personal attacks.  —Jéské Couriano v^_^v a little blue Bori 23:27, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I did not make any personal attacks. Standwithukraina (talk) 19:48, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Random accusations made in bad faith (especially of vandalism when the issue is a genuine, good-faith content dispute) without any sort of evidence are personal attacks.  —Jéské Couriano v^_^v a little blue Bori 20:25, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: my statements were not random, they were not in bad faith, and they did contained evidence including @Snooganssnoogans's own words and  edit history over time. I suspect you two are colluding with one another. This is not a good-faith content dispute because @Snooganssnoogansdid not edit the page in good faith. They deleted anything positive and wrote an essay about one negative thing to triple the size of the history section. This is obviously vandalism. Standwithukraina (talk) 23:05, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I wasn't even aware of this subject until you made a RFPP request and the edits in question are under sanctions; why the hell would I collude with a user I've hardly ever interacted with for edits I avoid like the plague in a topic area I stay out of specifically because of the virulent partisanship?  —Jéské Couriano v^_^v a little blue Bori 23:18, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 26 March 2022 

message: Much of the detail provided here about the firm's history references Skadden's own website as a source (see: https://www.skadden.com/about/overview). Given the notability of this firm and the abundance of high-quality references, I would respectfully suggest that a serious effort is made to overhaul this section using better citations. Volcom95 (talk) 18:54, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sourcing for firm history