Christine Simmons

March 14, 2013 | Daily Report Online

A former Aeropostale clothing executive cannot claim privilege to exclude from his upcoming trial for allegedly taking kickbacks an email listing his assets sent to his company account by an attorney preparing his will, a U.S. district judge in New York has ruled.

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

March 05, 2013 | Law.com

Immanuel "Ike" Kohn, who chaired Cahill Gordon & Reindel's executive committee for 15 years, establishing a "fiscally prudent" style that has remained with the firm, died yesterday from lung cancer.

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read

October 12, 2012 | New York Law Journal

The New York Daily News is relying on the testimony of a judicial ethics expert to support its motion for summary judgment in a defamation case filed nearly five years ago by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Larry Martin.

By Christine Simmons

8 minute read

April 03, 2013 | Daily Report Online

The disclosure of internal DLA Piper emails that referred to churning a client's bill drew the attention of the legal world last week, but several in-house counsel said that while the emails were disturbing, their release would not likely affect client/firm relationships or the billing review process because clients are already demanding more transparency from firms.

By Christine Simmons

7 minute read

January 25, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Mary Jo White, President Barack Obama's choice to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission, has been a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton since 2002, following a career as a federal prosecutor that included notable terror trials.

By Christine Simmons

10 minute read

April 16, 2012 | Law.com

Entertainment lawyer Marc Simon's latest film, Unraveled, focuses on the fall of attorney Marc Dreier, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison after bilking investors of more than $400 million in a Ponzi scheme. In this Q&A, Simon talks about his professional pursuit of both filmmaking and the law and how the two interests influence each other.

By Christine Simmons

9 minute read

July 17, 2013 | New York Law Journal

A nonequity partner's claims for salary and commissions could be calculated "from his own origination billings without the need for a full accounting" of the dissolved firm, the court held. The claims of an equity partner, however, were dismissed as premature.

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read

August 31, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Weighing an issue of first impression, a unanimous panel of the Second Circuit said that a defendant must be resentenced, because his incorrect classification as a career criminal was so serious that it did not matter that his counsel did not challenge the deficiencies in a Probation Department report.

By Christine Simmons

4 minute read

September 13, 2013 | Law.com

Nearly a year after Hurricane Sandy, law firms are still wrangling with insurance carriers over denied coverage for loss of business. While some are are sticking with negotiations, several have turned to litigation.

By Christine Simmons

7 minute read

October 29, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Two prominent civil rights firms in New York are accused by a three-lawyer Washington, D.C., firm of cheating it out of a significant fee as part of a $3.75 million settlement in a wrongful death case.

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read