Christine Simmons

January 13, 2015 | Commercial Litigation Insider

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel and its client were sanctioned after a judge found they failed to inform their adversary of an error that led to a "waste of defendant's time and resources."

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

January 13, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Now that the fraud trial against three Dewey & LeBoeuf executives has been pushed back to April 27, a separate trial against indicted junior manager Zachary Warren likely won't start until 2016.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

January 13, 2015 | Commercial Litigation Insider

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel and its client were sanctioned after a judge found they failed to inform their adversary of an error that led to a "waste of defendant's time and resources."

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

January 13, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Robert Stolz has bumped back the fraud trial against Dewey & LeBoeuf's top leaders to April 27, after former Chief Financial Officer Joel Sanders replaced his defense counsel.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

January 12, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Robert Stolz has bumped back the fraud trial against Dewey & LeBoeuf's top leaders to April 27, after former Chief Financial Officer Joel Sanders replaced his defense counsel.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

January 12, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Trial is expected to start Monday in a lawsuit against class action boutique Faruqi & Faruqi brought by a former associate who says a partner repeatedly harassed her when she was a first-year litigation associate and then assaulted her the night of a firm holiday party in 2011.

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read

January 12, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Trial is expected to start Monday in a lawsuit against class action boutique Faruqi & Faruqi brought by a former associate who says a partner repeatedly harassed her when she was a first-year litigation associate and then assaulted her the night of a firm holiday party in 2011.

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read

January 09, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Judge Denny Chin has awarded most of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's recent fee request but denied any further fee awards to the estate of Dewey & LeBoeuf. Both firms represented a receiver appointed to take control of properties and assets of an investment firm tied to a Ponzi scheme.

By Christine Simmons

7 minute read

January 09, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Judge Denny Chin has awarded most of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's recent fee request but denied any further fee awards to the estate of Dewey & LeBoeuf. Both firms represented a receiver appointed to take control of properties and assets of an investment firm tied to a Ponzi scheme.

By Christine Simmons

7 minute read

January 09, 2015 | New York Law Journal

James Carr, who has been head of Kelley Drye & Warren's 15-attorney bankruptcy and restructuring practice since 2005, has been elected firmwide chair.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read