Christine Simmons

November 03, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Bernstein Liebhard is continuing to battle with its insurance carrier over the law firm's claim that it lost more than $21 million in income after an August 2013 fire destroyed an entire floor of Bernstein's offices, including its computer and phone system and its main file room.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

November 03, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Prominent white collar defense attorney Ira Lee "Ike" Sorkin and his legal partner, Amit Sondhi, have merged their practice into 30-attorney Mintz & Gold, after a two-month stint operating their own boutique.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

November 02, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Prominent white collar defense attorney Ira Lee "Ike" Sorkin and his legal partner, Amit Sondhi, have merged their practice into 30-attorney Mintz & Gold, after a two-month stint operating their own boutique.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

November 02, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In a sanctions award over defendants' failure to comply with discovery orders in a case stemming from the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, a Southern District magistrate judge has awarded three law firms about $311,000—down from the more than $1 million the firms requested—while denying fees to a fourth firm.

By Christine Simmons

7 minute read

November 02, 2015 | The American Lawyer

The law firms' total fees in the FHFA's lawsuits against big banks mount—and the litigation isn't over yet.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

November 02, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The heirs of the Johnson & Johnson fortune and Proskauer Rose have agreed to end a fraud suit that alleged the firm's advice to the Johnson family on a stock transaction led it to incur millions of dollars in tax liability.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

November 02, 2015 | The American Lawyer

The law firms' total fees in the FHFA's lawsuits against big banks mount—and the litigation isn't over yet.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

November 01, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Implications for the defense, the prosecution—and Big Law.

By Susan Beck, Nell Gluckman, Christine Simmons and Julie Triedman

7 minute read

November 01, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Implications for the defense, the prosecution—and Big Law.

By Susan Beck, Nell Gluckman, Christine Simmons and Julie Triedman

7 minute read

October 31, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The heirs of the Johnson & Johnson fortune and Proskauer Rose have agreed to end a fraud suit that alleged the firm's advice to the Johnson family on a stock transaction led it to incur millions of dollars in tax liability.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read