Anthony Lin

January 22, 2007 | National Law Journal

Milberg Weiss & Bershad has lost the two partners responsible for its antitrust practice. J. Douglas Richards and Michael M. Buchman have joined rival New York class action law firm Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross. The pair are veterans of major antitrust cases over prescription drugs, Microsoft software and auction house fees. They also participated in the massive case against Mastercard and Visa that produced the largest antitrust settlement in history.

By Anthony Lin

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February 06, 2008 | National Law Journal

A former Kaye Scholer partner has pleaded guilty to failing to file a New York City income tax return. John J.P. Howley agreed to pay the city nonresident income tax totalling $154,626 over five years, as well as a $10,000 criminal fine. As part of his plea to the misdemeanor charge, he filed delinquent city income tax returns for 1997 through 2006. At that time he was a Kaye Scholer litigation partner who worked on various high-profile cases, including a tax case that went before the U.S. Supreme Court.

By Anthony Lin

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January 18, 2006 | New York Law Journal

By Anthony Lin

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July 07, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Latham & Watkins has launched an Asia litigation practice with a lateral hire from Jones Day's Hong Kong office.

By Anthony Lin

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December 05, 2006 | Law.com

A former law firm associate who offered to provide information to an opposing party for a $2,000 fee has been suspended from the practice of law for five years. A New York appellate court noted that, although Glenn A. Kiczales never actually received any money, his willingness to accept it "encompasses precisely the fear clients have that their attorneys will be 'bought off' by opposing counsel, or that their attorneys will use the clients' case to surreptitiously profit from the representations."

By Anthony Lin

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December 27, 2006 | Law.com

Weil, Gotshal & Manges has moved for summary judgment in a legal malpractice suit by a former bankruptcy client. The National Benevolent Association, one of the largest non-profits ever to file for bankruptcy, sued Weil Gotshal in 2005, claiming the firm pushed it into a "disastrous" Chapter 11 filing rather than exploring a negotiated settlement with creditors. In last week's motion, Weil Gotshal said the group's claims were based on "nothing more than speculation, conjecture and surmise."

By Anthony Lin

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January 24, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has raised associate base salaries, with first-years now set to earn $160,000 before bonus.

By Anthony Lin ALM

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October 01, 2007 | National Law Journal

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe is set to announce today that it has recruited to its New York office the head of the business and finance practice at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. Howard L. Shecter will join Orrick's mergers and acquisitions group and is expected to take a lead role in expanding the practice in New York. A veteran deal lawyer, Shecter had been one of the most senior partners at Philadelphia-based Morgan Lewis.

By Anthony Lin

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May 16, 2007 | Law.com

Dickstein Shapiro has recruited a pair of New York bankruptcy lawyers from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. Partner Arnold Gulkowitz and counsel Brian E. Goldberg will launch a New York bankruptcy practice for Washington, D.C.-based Dickstein Shapiro, which specializes in representing creditors' committees and financial institutions.

By Anthony Lin

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December 21, 2006 | National Law Journal

Washington, D.C.'s Covington & Burling has recruited three New York partners from Dewey Ballantine. Benjamin Hoch and Dianne Coffino are joining Covington's bankruptcy practice while Jack S. Bodner is joining the mergers and acquisitions group. They are the latest partners to leave New York's Dewey ahead of an anticipated merger with San Francisco's Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.

By Anthony Lin

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