Christine Simmons writes about the New York legal community and the business of law. Email her at [email protected] and find her on Twitter @chlsimmons
May 19, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Allen & Overy Sues Project Finance Client as Fee Suits Pile UpAllen & Overy is suing a former client for $343,448 arising out of its work for the development and financing of a solar power facility in Panama.
By Christine Simmons
7 minute read
May 17, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Loeb & Loeb Elects NY Media and Tech Partner as Next LeaderLoeb & Loeb, riding a wave of rising revenue and profits, has elected media and tech partner Kenneth Florin in New York as its next chairman, ending the 14-year leadership tenure of Michael Beck.
By Christine Simmons
3 minute read
May 17, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Loeb & Loeb Elects NY Media and Tech Partner as Next LeaderLoeb & Loeb, riding a wave of rising revenue and profits, has elected media and tech partner Kenneth Florin in New York as its next chairman, ending the 14-year leadership tenure of Michael Beck.
By Christine Simmons
7 minute read
April 10, 2017 | The American Lawyer
New York's High-Flying Firms Hit New Heights in Profits, RevenueThe good times are rolling again for New York's elite law firms.
By Christine Simmons and Lizzy McLellan
105 minute read
March 08, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Steep Losses Gripped Kaye Scholer Before Arnold & Porter MergerKaye Scholer's financial performance took a remarkable beating in its last year as an independent law firm. But managing partner Michael Solow called the 2016 declines a natural result of strategic pruning ahead of the firm's merger with Arnold & Porter at year's end.
By Christine Simmons
26 minute read
March 06, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Ex-Katten Lawyer, Shkreli Belong Together at Trial, Feds SayFederal prosecutors in Brooklyn said the fraud charges faced by ex-pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli and his former outside counsel, Evan Greebel, are "inextricably intertwined" and are urging a judge to keep their trial joined.
By Christine Simmons
10 minute read
March 01, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Jones Day Picks Up Cadwalader Tax PartnerRichard Nugent, a longtime tax partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, has left to join Jones Day in New York as a partner.
By Christine Simmons
12 minute read
February 27, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Eight Years On, Firms Still Fighting Ex-Comptroller Over Fees in Mayoral BidBill Thompson, New York City's former comptroller and a two-time mayoral candidate, is embroiled in litigation with New York's Stroock & Stroock & Lavan and New Jersey's Genova Burns over legal fee debts from his 2009 campaign.
By Christine Simmons
14 minute read
February 22, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Shkreli's Ex-Lawyer Will 'Prosecute' Him at Fraud Trial, Attorneys SayFormer Katten partner Evan Greebel and ex-pharma CEO Martin Shkreli are continuing to square off before their upcoming fraud trial.
By Christine Simmons
16 minute read
February 22, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Shearman & Sterling Sees Revenue Rise and Partner Profits SpikeEquity partner profits jumped by nearly 20 percent last year, as the firm posted revenue growth across several practices while also cutting back its equity partner ranks.
By Christine Simmons
15 minute read
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