Christine Simmons

September 05, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Steven Eckhaus, known for representing executives in large compensation deals, is moving his practice later this week from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft to McDermott Will & Emery.

By Christine Simmons

17 minute read

September 01, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A former Goldberg Segalla associate claimed she was fired after complaining about a partner's comments when she had to leave at 5 p.m. to take care of her children.

By Christine Simmons

15 minute read

August 31, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Intellectual property practitioners said they are saddened to see another boutique, Kenyon & Kenyon, dissolve, but they disputed whether it signaled an end of the IP boutique era in Manhattan.

By Christine Simmons

33 minute read

August 26, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Ghillaine Reid, a former New York branch chief for the Securities and Exchange Commission, has joined McGuireWoods as a partner in New York and will co-lead the firm's broker-dealer practice.

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read

August 25, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A Manhattan judge has refused to dismiss a former client's legal malpractice claim against Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle that alleges the firm's negligence in filing a document late in a government investigation led the client to lose $20 million.

By Christine Simmons

14 minute read

August 25, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Southern District Judge Valerie Caproni on Thursday questioned whether the jury charge in Sheldon Silver's case, in light of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 'McDonnell v. United States', was erroneous and whether the potential error was harmless.

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

August 24, 2016 | New York Law Journal

New York City Councilman Rory Lancman is calling for a Justice Department investigation into the bail system in the city, citing thousands of indigent defendants languishing in Rikers Island because they can't pay $500 or $1,000 in bail money.

By Christine Simmons

3 minute read

August 24, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Head count in the New York offices of Florida-founded firms have grown this year as firms look to hire corporate attorneys to help with real estate and finance work coming to Florida.

By Christine Simmons

46 minute read

August 19, 2016 | New York Law Journal

As midsize firms debate whether to follow the lead of their larger brethren on associate salary increases, they also have to decide if rate increases will foot those bills, potentially eating away at a rate gap that often attracts clients to the smaller firms.

By Christine Simmons

27 minute read

August 16, 2016 | New York Law Journal

In a rare move, a Manhattan judge has ordered midsized firm Moses & Singer to turn over to its adversary certain communications with its clients, finding a crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege.

By Christine Simmons

12 minute read