Christine Simmons

October 20, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A Connecticut resident is attempting to bring a class action suit against a New York law firm for allegedly violating a consumer protection law by sending out unsolicited text message advertisements.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

October 17, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Marc Dreier, imprisoned since 2009 for a series of frauds that led to his law firm's collapse, was expected to be brought from a Sandstone, Minn., prison in late October to appear as a witness in the bankruptcy case of his firm.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

October 15, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Denis J. McInerney, a former top official within the U.S. Justice Department, is returning to Davis Polk & Wardwell as a partner in its litigation and white-collar criminal defense and investigations practices.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

October 14, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Stephen Juris, a partner of white-collar defense boutique Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello, has left to join Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson as a partner in its commercial litigation and white-collar criminal defense and securities enforcement practices.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

October 14, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman cannot pursue a breach of contract claim for $2.3 million in legal fees against a former client's company, a judge has ruled.

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read

October 09, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Marc Dreier, imprisoned since 2009 for a series of frauds that led to his law firm's collapse, will be brought from a federal correctional institution on Oct. 27 to appear as a witness in an adversary proceeding in the firm's bankruptcy, but the U.S. Marshals Service questioned Dreier testifying at the Southern District bankruptcy courthouse.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

October 09, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Charles Gibbs, a veteran trusts and estates attorney, has sued his former firm, Holland & Knight, for $1.5 million, claiming it refused to properly pay him for his work, including his role in the $300 million estate case of heiress Huguette Clark.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

October 09, 2014 | New York Law Journal

The New Lawyer Institute, which offers workshops, CLEs, legal training and career counseling, is the first initiative to launch from the city bar's Task Force on New Lawyers in a Changing Profession, which focused on the plight of new, unemployed lawyers.

By Christine Simmons

4 minute read

October 07, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A former nonequity partner of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker has sued the firm claiming she was subjected to repeated harassment and discrimination over having children.

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read

October 06, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Proskauer Rose and a former longtime client will continue to battle in a pair of lawsuits in Manhattan Supreme Court, after a judge refused to dismiss a malpractice claim against the firm.

By Christine Simmons

7 minute read