Christine Simmons

January 02, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a doctor against three New York attorneys who wrote about another judge's scathing remarks against him, finding their statements were privileged or protected opinions.

By Christine Simmons

7 minute read

January 02, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Prominent criminal defense attorney E. Stewart Jones Jr. has merged his 116-year-old family-founded practice with litigation firm Hacker Murphy, creating a 14-attorney firm in the Albany area.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

December 19, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Internal disputes at Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik continue to roil the 80-attorney personal injury firm.

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December 17, 2014 | New York Law Journal

After the University at Buffalo's law school dean announced plans to step down this month, the school named James Gardner, a specialist in election and constitutional law, as its interim dean.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

December 15, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Manhattan solo practitioner Charles A. Bennett was arrested Friday on charges he oversaw a scheme to defraud investors of more than $5 million through a Ponzi scheme.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

December 15, 2014 | Commercial Litigation Insider

A day after receiving a judge's approval, a former client of Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis amended his malpractice suit against the firm to add an attorney-deceit claim under New York Judiciary Law Section 487. The judge, Acting Supreme Court Justice Melvin Schweitzer in the Commercial Division, then ordered Schnader to produce copies of internal documents that the firm claimed were privileged.

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

December 15, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A seven-attorney Manhattan real estate law firm has shut down, and four of its lawyers are joining 132-attorney firm Norris McLaughlin & Marcus.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

December 12, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A Southern District magistrate judge slashed the fees requested by two small law firms that sued debt collectors and settled, saying the fee application was "simply too greedy" and their "chutzpah" shouldn't be rewarded.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

December 12, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Ex-Dewey & LeBoeuf partners in the United States have reached settlement agreements in clawback suits with the firm's liquidating trustee, a lawyer for the trustee said Thursday. Only clawback suits against former partners abroad remain active.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

December 09, 2014 | Law.com

The ex-leaders of Dewey & LeBoeuf facing criminal trial have momentarily turned their attention away from prosecutors in New York and are attacking an insurance carrier who threatened to pull the plug on their legal fees.

By Christine Simmons

7 minute read