Christine Simmons

August 20, 2015 | Law.com

Janis Meyer, a former general counsel at Dewey & LeBoeuf and current professional ethics and responsibility partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson in New York, testified Thursday in the Dewey & LeBoeuf criminal trial.

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

August 20, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Janis Meyer, a former general counsel at Dewey & LeBoeuf and current professional ethics and responsibility partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson in New York, testified Thursday in the Dewey & LeBoeuf criminal trial.

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read

August 19, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Law firms now have access to a platform that allows them to share data on cybersecurity threats anonymously. Several chief information officers and data security directors said they expected wide participation, although they expressed some reservations.

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read

August 19, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Law firms now have access to a platform that allows them to share data on cybersecurity threats anonymously. Several chief information officers and data security directors said they expected wide participation, although they expressed some reservations.

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read

August 11, 2015 | Law.com

Dewey & LeBoeuf's director of billing testified Monday that former chief financial officer Joel Sanders and the former finance director instructed her to create client invoices to boost the firm's revenue, even though there was no expectation the invoices would be collected.

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

August 11, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Dewey & LeBoeuf's director of billing testified Monday that former chief financial officer Joel Sanders and the former finance director instructed her to create client invoices to boost the firm's revenue, even though there was no expectation the invoices would be collected.

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

August 10, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Dewey & LeBoeuf's former billing chief testified Monday that one of the firm's top executives, ex-CFO Joel Sanders, had instructed her to prepare client invoices aimed at artificially inflating the firm's revenues.

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read

August 10, 2015 | New York Law Journal

It is no coincidence that the criminal case against three executives of Dewey & LeBoeuf, who are facing about 100 criminal counts and a months-long trial with dozens of witnesses, was assigned to Acting Supreme Court Justice Robert Stolz.

By Christine Simmons

8 minute read

August 10, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Buffalo-based Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman said Thursday it has acquired a 10-attorney labor firm that represents a union of 23,000 New York prison guards. Lippes Mathias, now with 56 attorneys, gains an Albany office and labor law practice in the combination.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

August 10, 2015 | New York Law Journal

It is no coincidence that the criminal case against three executives of Dewey & LeBoeuf, who are facing about 100 criminal counts and a months-long trial with dozens of witnesses, was assigned to Acting Supreme Court Justice Robert Stolz.

By Christine Simmons

8 minute read