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Breaking news and analysis related to law firm dissolution and partner and creditor disputes.
By The Legal Staff | April 11, 2018
In 2017, law firms looked to pick up large groups for moves that aided expansions and helped bolster specific practice areas, one of which was a new—timely—practice area: institutional responses to sexual and gender-based harassment and misconduct.
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By Dan Packel | April 10, 2018
Dickstein may be long gone, and a partner accused of malpractice there died in 2013, but that didn't stop new litigation from erupting this month over who should foot the bill.
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By Arthur J. Ciampi | March 22, 2018
In his Law Firm Partnership Law column, Arthur J. Ciampi discusses how the recent case 'Heller Ehrman LLP v. Davis Wright Tremane LLP' impacts lawyer mobility and clients choice of counsel.
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By Christine Simmons | March 13, 2018
The shuttered law firm says it's owed nearly $1.5 million for legal work it performed before its collapse.
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By Stephen J. Brogan | March 13, 2018
Jones Day's managing partner, Stephen Brogan, explains why his firm refused to settle with the trustee of bankrupt law firm Heller and why his firm's win last week in the California Supreme Court is good for clients.
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By Jenna Greene | March 6, 2018
Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe is no more--but the firm will be remembered in part for an important California Supreme Court decision on the property interest of dissolved law firms.
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By Ross Todd | March 5, 2018
In a closely watched law firm bankruptcy case, the court on Monday held that dissolving firms don't have a property interest in unfinished hourly fee matters that departing partners take with them to new firms.
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By Ross Todd | February 27, 2018
The Ninth Circuit asked if partners who leave a dissolving firm have a duty to account for profits earned post-departure on matters subject to hourly billing under D.C. law.
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By Scott Flaherty | February 22, 2018
A lot of lawyers fail to pull off amicable divorces.
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By Colby Hamilton | January 31, 2018
DiCarmine was acquitted in 2017 at a second jury trial of fraud and conspiracy charges related to the collapse of the firm five years prior.
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