Christine Simmons

August 15, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman and a former client have agreed to settle a malpractice lawsuit that alleged the firm's inaction resulted in a $11.9 million default judgement.

By Christine Simmons

7 minute read

August 12, 2016 | New York Law Journal

As a retrial approaches in the case against Dewey & LeBoeuf's leaders, a Manhattan judge on Friday prevented defense lawyers and the prosecution from admitting certain evidence, while prosecutors said they would likely call expert witnesses this time around.

By Christine Simmons

10 minute read

August 11, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A state appeals court has revived a lawsuit brought by an attorney claiming a literary agent for novelist Stephen King failed to fully pay him for his legal work.

By Christine Simmons

8 minute read

August 09, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A former name partner of Manhattan litigation boutique Harris, St. Laurent & Chaudhry has sued the firm and managing partner Jonathan Harris, claiming they have refused to pay him his rightful share of compensation totaling about $90,000.

By Christine Simmons

4 minute read

August 09, 2016 | New York Law Journal

One of the law firms that formed from the breakup of New York mass torts firm Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik is now going through a partnership split of its own.

By Christine Simmons

8 minute read

August 08, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A Manhattan judge has allowed a former client's claim to go forward against Hunton & Williams over a deposition requirement in a retainer agreement, but dismissed the rest of the malpractice suit alleging millions of dollars in damages.

By Christine Simmons

28 minute read

August 05, 2016 | New York Law Journal

An interest in corporate practices, an increasing stratification among firm finances and a seeming prediction that Democrats will win in November all have firms abuzz with lateral activity in New York City.

By Christine Simmons

68 minute read

August 01, 2016 | New York Law Journal

After the new lead counsel in Fannie Mae securities litigation and the Ohio attorney general refused to honor the fee agreement between Bernstein Liebhard and the former lead counsel on the ground it was unenforceable, Grant & Eisenhofer, which served as of counsel to Bernstein, received only $324,995 in fees.

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

July 29, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Kenyon & Kenyon, once one of the largest intellectual property boutiques in the country with about 150 attorneys in 2014, has whittled down to about 55 attorneys this summer, as it has continued merger talks with a number of large firms.

By Christine Simmons

28 minute read

July 29, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A former associate of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo has filed suit against a Manhattan judge who imposed on him a $10,000 sanction for misconduct in the attorney's divorce case.

By Christine Simmons

11 minute read