Christine Simmons

January 12, 2016 | New York Law Journal

In an unusual move, Southern District Judge Thomas Griesa has reversed his own disqualification ruling last month and reinstated Baker & Hostetler and partner John Moscow as counsel to real estate companies accused of laundering proceeds of a Russian fraud scheme.

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read

January 11, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Former Dewey & LeBoeuf chairman Steven Davis has agreed not to practice law for five years in New York and has been suspended from practice before the SEC. Meanwhile, Stephen DiCarmine and Joel Sanders are scheduled to be retried on Sept. 12, after apparently rejecting plea offers.

By Christine Simmons and Nell Gluckman

6 minute read

January 08, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Former Dewey & LeBoeuf chairman Steven Davis has agreed not to practice law for five years in New York and has been suspended from practice before the SEC. Meanwhile, Stephen DiCarmine and Joel Sanders are scheduled to be retried on Sept. 12, after apparently rejecting plea offers.

By Christine Simmons and Nell Gluckman

6 minute read

January 08, 2016 | Law.com

The retrial in the Dewey & LeBoeuf criminal case will go ahead later this year without the defunct firm's top partner, Steven Davis, who formally accepted a deferred prosecution agreement Friday in Manhattan state court.

By Nell Gluckman and Christine Simmons

4 minute read

January 08, 2016 | The American Lawyer

The retrial in the Dewey & LeBoeuf criminal case will go ahead later this year without the defunct firm's top partner, Steven Davis, who formally accepted a deferred prosecution agreement Friday in Manhattan state court.

By Nell Gluckman and Christine Simmons

4 minute read

January 08, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The Commission on Judicial Conduct recommended censure for Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Carl Landicino, saying that were it not for abundant evidence that the judge has taken steps to rehabilitate himself, and seems to be succeeding, it would have voted to remove him.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

January 08, 2016 | New York Law Journal

PricewaterhouseCoopers affiliates have agreed to pay $55 million to resolve claims brought by investors who suffered losses in the Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

January 08, 2016 | New York Law Journal

PricewaterhouseCoopers affiliates have agreed to pay $55 million to resolve claims brought by investors who suffered losses in the Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

January 07, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The Commission on Judicial Conduct recommended censure for Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Carl Landicino, saying that were it not for abundant evidence that the judge has taken steps to rehabilitate himself, and seems to be succeeding, it would have voted to remove him.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

January 05, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Eric Fisher, a former bankruptcy partner at Dickstein Shapiro, said Monday he has left to join Binder & Schwartz because a smaller firm platform was consistent with his practice of representing clients adverse to banks and other financial institutions.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read