Christine Simmons

May 06, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Pace University School of Law has been renamed the Elizabeth Haub School of Law after receiving a large donation from the Haub family. The school declined to specify the amount, but it is believed to be in the tens of millions of dollars—the largest gift Pace University has ever received.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

May 06, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Michael A. Levy, who spent the last 13 years at the Southern District U.S. Attorney's office, including the last three as chief of the appeals unit, has joined Sidley Austin as a partner in its white collar defense and investigations practice.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

May 04, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Martin Shkreli, the former pharmaceutical executive who was arrested alongside his company's corporate attorney, Evan Greebel, may use a "reliance of counsel" defense and is exploring whether to sever his case from Greebel's.

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

May 04, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The New York City Bar Association announced its 2016 Diversity & Inclusion Champion Award recipients. They are: Dennis Hopkins, a partner at Perkins Coie; Rosalyn Richter, an Appellate Division, First Department, justice; and Conway Ekpo and Joseph Tillman, founding members of the group 1844.

By Christine Simmons

3 minute read

May 03, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Insurers have been ordered to pay the legal fees of a FIFA official arrested in a wide-ranging criminal corruption case, likely opening the door for other FIFA officers and their attorneys to tap the $50 million policy for legal fees.

By Christine Simmons

11 minute read

May 03, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Days after a divided panel for a federal appeals court restored the suspension of Tom Brady, the New England Patriots' quarterback and the NFL Players Association have added prominent litigator Theodore Olson to their legal team.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

May 02, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Shira Scheindlin, a Southern District judge who shaped e-discovery standards and became well known for her rulings in stop-and-frisk policy, will become an arbitrator and mediator for JAMS and of counsel at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan.

By Christine Simmons

7 minute read

May 02, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, a firm that has spent the last 150 years in downtown Manhattan, will relocate its headquarters to the Hudson Yards development in 2018.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

April 26, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Revenue and profit growth cooled at most of the largest New York law firms in 2015 after several years of rapid growth.

By Christine Simmons

50 minute read

April 22, 2016 | New York Law Journal

In refusing to dismiss a legal malpractice suit against Liddle & Robinson and its founding partner, a judge found a jury should decide whether the firm's approach to negotiating a higher severance, which ultimately led to no severance, was reasonable.

By Christine Simmons

11 minute read