Christine Simmons

July 27, 2017 | Legaltech News

The breach highlights the increasing risks of relying on unfamiliar e-discovery technology—and the potential liability exposure to lawyers.

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read

July 26, 2017 | New York 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 an 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 25, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The firm can't shake a former financial industry client's breach of fiducuary claim related to a FINRA investigation, the First Department ruled.

By Christine Simmons

4 minute read

July 24, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Three partners at large Manhattan law firms have been named as magistrate judges in the Southern District of New York.

By Rebecca Baker and Christine Simmons

3 minute read

July 24, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Defections hit Reed Smith in New York, where four mass tort litigators joined King & Spalding, and also in London.

By Christine Simmons

4 minute read

July 21, 2017 | New York Law Journal

While Marc Kasowitz's role on President Donald Trump's legal team has been diminished, the "uberlitigator" still has a bevy of commercial cases on his plate back in New York.

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read

July 20, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Two New York law firms have brought on former U.S. congressmen for new adviser roles.

By Christine Simmons

4 minute read

July 19, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The SEC wrote to Southern District Judge Valerie Caproni on Tuesday, indicating a possible deal with Dewey & LeBoeuf executive Joel Sanders, who was convicted in May of scheming to defraud investors in his former firm.

By Christine Simmons

8 minute read

July 19, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Charles Miller, who practiced for 11 years at Kasowitz Benson Torres, has moved to Tarter Krinsky & Drogin, where he will lead the midsize firm's new securities and financial services litigation group.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

July 18, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A lawsuit against the firm by ex-client NextEra Energy is the latest in what appears to be a growing wave of bankruptcy-related malpractice cases facing law firms.

By Christine Simmons

19 minute read