Christine Simmons

January 04, 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

December 31, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Up in Smoke. That's a Rap. Trademark Tribulation.

By Ben Seal, Christine Simmons and Angela Neville

5 minute read

December 31, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Up in Smoke. That's a Rap. Trademark Tribulation.

By Ben Seal, Christine Simmons and Angela Neville

5 minute read

December 29, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Plaintiff Lee Hutson claimed a song on Notorious B.I.G.'s 1992 debut album, "Ready to Die," had an unauthorized sample of a 1973 song of Hutson's, but Southern District Judge Richard Sullivan said Hutson "has failed to allege he had an ownership interest."

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read

December 29, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Plaintiff Lee Hutson claimed a song on Notorious B.I.G.'s 1992 debut album, "Ready to Die," had an unauthorized sample of a 1973 song of Hutson's, but Southern District Judge Richard Sullivan said Hutson "has failed to allege he had an ownership interest."

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read

December 24, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Two partners of Harris O'Brien, St. Laurent & Chaudhry—Adam Ford and name partner Kevin O'Brien—have left the criminal defense boutique to form a new practice.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

December 24, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Two partners of Harris O'Brien, St. Laurent & Chaudhry—Adam Ford and name partner Kevin O'Brien—have left the criminal defense boutique to form a new practice.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

December 23, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Four practitioners, two appellate judges and the general counsel to the Manhattan district attorney are candidates for an associate judge seat on the New York Court of Appeals.

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read

December 23, 2015 | New York Law Journal

White-collar defense boutique Kaplan & Katzberg is dissolving the end of this year, as the partners prepare to enter separate practices.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

December 23, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Four practitioners, two appellate judges and the general counsel to the Manhattan district attorney are candidates for an associate judge seat on the New York Court of Appeals.

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read