Christine Simmons

August 02, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

In its latest group hire, Winston & Strawn has brought on 10 partners in New York from Norton Rose Fulbright, just weeks after Norton Rose cemented its merger with the group's former firm, Chadbourne & Parke.

By CHRISTINE SIMMONS

5 minute read

August 01, 2017 | New York Law Journal

While the ten-lawyer group respected both Chadbourne and Norton Rose Fulbright, Winston chairman Thomas Fitzgerald said, the combined firm was "inconsistent with how they had ran their practice," and the attorneys were "concerned about a number of conflicts."

By Christine Simmons

4 minute read

August 01, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A European-based litigation funder, Vannin Capital, has launched in New York and hired three commercial litigators from large firms who will be investment directors.

By Christine Simmons

9 minute read

August 01, 2017 | International Edition

Conflicts send 10-partner Chadbourne team to Winston & Strawn post-Norton Rose merger

By Christine Simmons, New York Law Journal

3 minute read

July 31, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Two plaintiffs firms are urging New York judges to deny Reed Smith's claim to $6.75 million in attorney fees for its work as co-counsel in a securities class action, claiming the traditionally defense-side firm misled them in stating it was free from conflicts.

By Christine Simmons

101 minute read

July 31, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Cooley is the latest major law firm to choose the new Hudson Yards development on the West Side of Manhattan for its New York office. The development will also be home to Boies Schiller Flexner and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy.

By Christine Simmons

14 minute read

July 28, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Despite perennial complaints among associates about life in Big Law, rising paychecks, greater attention to associate satisfaction and a more cautious lateral market may be keeping young lawyers at their firms longer.

By Christine Simmons

4 minute read

July 27, 2017 | National Law Journal

A massive Wells Fargo customer data breach was not the work of a hacker, but of the bank's own lawyer who failed to review the bank's entire set of discovery documents, including information about the bank's wealthy customers, before it was shipped to a litigation adversary.

By CHRISTINE SIMMONS

5 minute read

July 27, 2017 | Daily Report Online

A massive Wells Fargo customer data breach was not the work of a hacker, but of the bank's own lawyer who failed to review the bank's entire set of discovery documents, including information about the bank's wealthy customers, before it was shipped to a litigation adversary.

By CHRISTINE SIMMONS

14 minute read

July 27, 2017 | Inside Counsel

A massive Wells Fargo customer data breach was not the work of a hacker, but of the bank's own lawyer who failed to review the bank's entire…

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read