Christine Simmons

September 24, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Finding attorney Jeffrey Schwartz had confused the injuries claimed by real estate investor Paul Black, Judge Joanna Seybert said that Black "does not claim that he would necessarily have prevailed on the merits in the California action; rather, he simply argues that but for Defendant's malpractice, he would not have been sanctioned."

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read

December 06, 2012 | Daily Report Online

As businesses and property owners assess damage from Superstorm Sandy, lawyers who have been fielding calls from insurers and policyholders say they are seeing areas of potential conflict, and while most disputes could be settled out of court, they predict some lengthy and substantial litigation.

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

September 20, 2012 | New York Law Journal

The first-in-the-nation requirement will take effect immediately for first- and second-year law students, who will have up to 34 months to fulfill the 50-hour mandate. Current third-years are exempt.

By Joel Stashenko and Christine Simmons

10 minute read

April 13, 2012 | Law.com

Legal observers have offered varying opinions about whether the $2 million bond imposed on Anna Gristina after she was charged with running a Manhattan prostitution ring is too high in a case involving a single nonviolent low-level felony. Their comments provide insight into how bail is set and reviewed in state courts.

By Christine Simmons

9 minute read

September 26, 2013 | New York Law Journal

An associate who sued his former trusts and estates firm claiming he was misclassified as an "independent contractor" and wrongly denied employee benefits, waited too long to bring his claims, a Southern District judge has ruled.

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read

May 13, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Attorneys at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, which is a subtenant at their offices at 7 Hanover Square, say they received little information over several months about the condition of the building or a realistic time frame for moving back in.

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

January 22, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Three months after Hurricane Sandy destroyed the infrastructure of many offices in lower Manhattan, displaced law firms and legal agencies are returning, and high on the agenda for some firms will be attempting to recover business contingency and relocation expenses.

By Christine Simmons

7 minute read

July 12, 2012 | New York Law Journal

In a heated dispute stemming from the dissolution of Arkin Kaplan Rice, two Arkin partners are suing two other partners for allegedly refusing to leave the firm's office, blocking rent payments and refusing to report their billable hours.

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

October 17, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Former Smith Gambrell & Russell lawyer Joseph Pastore III has been ordered to pay attorney fees relating to 10 motions whose only effect, according to Southern District Magistrate Judge Henry Pitman, was to extend litigation.

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read

December 18, 2012 | New York Law Journal

A Rochester attorney was reprimanded and ordered to pay $7,500 in sanctions after Western District Judge Charles Siragusa found she had made misrepresentations to the court in an attempt to avoid dismissal of her client's case.

By Christine Simmons

7 minute read