Morning News Roundup for Thursday

This morning’s top stories:

The London office of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has been rocked by the mass walkout of seven partners to Paul Hastings…

Alston & Bird is the latest firm to freeze associate salaries at 2008 levels…

A federal appeals court is examining a prosecutor’s odd explanation for striking the only black person from a jury — that she was obese…

Two defendants convicted in the Milberg LLP scandal, Steven Schulman and Howard J. Vogel, will report to federal prison this week…

A former attorney with the Los Angeles office of Nixon Peabody has sued his former firm for sexual and racial discrimination…