Christine Simmons

September 23, 2015 | Law.com

The two Am Law 100 firms, both of which have mulled the possibility of a combination in the past, could be poised to pull off a union by October.

By Julie Triedman and Christine Simmons

7 minute read

September 23, 2015 | The American Lawyer

The two Am Law 100 firms, both of which have mulled the possibility of a combination in the past, could be poised to pull off a union by October.

By Julie Triedman and Christine Simmons

7 minute read

September 23, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Jurors, who have been deliberating in the Dewey & LeBoeuf criminal trial since last Wednesday, asked Justice Robert Stolz whether ''false" in reference to adjustments in accounting means illegal and whether "inappropriate," in reference to adjustments, in accounting mean illegal.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

September 23, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Jurors, who have been deliberating in the Dewey & LeBoeuf criminal trial since last Wednesday, asked Justice Robert Stolz whether ''false" in reference to adjustments in accounting means illegal and whether "inappropriate," in reference to adjustments, in accounting mean illegal.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

September 22, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Do 'false' and 'inappropriate' equal 'illegal' in the case against Dewey & LeBoeuf's former leaders? The short answer, the judge said Tuesday, is no.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

September 22, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Do 'false' and 'inappropriate' equal 'illegal' in the case against Dewey & LeBoeuf's former leaders? The short answer, the judge said Tuesday, is no.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

September 18, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The jury weighing the charges against three Dewey & LeBoeuf executives after a nearly four-month trial asked the judge Thursday to detail the criteria required to prove the charges and to view specific testimony from a star prosecution witness, ex-finance director Francis Canellas.

By Christine Simmons

4 minute read

September 17, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The jury weighing the charges against three Dewey & LeBoeuf executives after a nearly four-month trial asked the judge Thursday to detail the criteria required to prove the charges and to view specific testimony from a star prosecution witness, ex-finance director Francis Canellas.

By Christine Simmons

4 minute read

September 17, 2015 | The American Lawyer

In its first full day of deliberations, a jury weighing criminal charges against three former Dewey & LeBoeuf executives asked a judge to review the criteria required for conviction and to provide testimony from a star witness for the prosecution.

By Christine Simmons

4 minute read

September 17, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Southern District Bankruptcy Judge Robert Gerber has dismissed a lawsuit brought by liquidators of two investment funds against DLA Piper for aiding and abetting fraud, finding the liquidators failed to sufficiently allege the law firm had knowledge of wrongful conduct.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read