Christine Simmons

January 22, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Three months after Hurricane Sandy destroyed the infrastructure of many offices in lower Manhattan, displaced law firms and legal agencies are returning, and high on the agenda for some firms will be attempting to recover business contingency and relocation expenses.

By Christine Simmons

7 minute read

July 12, 2012 | New York Law Journal

In a heated dispute stemming from the dissolution of Arkin Kaplan Rice, two Arkin partners are suing two other partners for allegedly refusing to leave the firm's office, blocking rent payments and refusing to report their billable hours.

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

October 17, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Former Smith Gambrell & Russell lawyer Joseph Pastore III has been ordered to pay attorney fees relating to 10 motions whose only effect, according to Southern District Magistrate Judge Henry Pitman, was to extend litigation.

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read

December 18, 2012 | New York Law Journal

A Rochester attorney was reprimanded and ordered to pay $7,500 in sanctions after Western District Judge Charles Siragusa found she had made misrepresentations to the court in an attempt to avoid dismissal of her client's case.

By Christine Simmons

7 minute read

March 15, 2012 | Law.com

Marc H. Simon, 38, a full-time entertainment lawyer and part-time documentary maker who had worked in Marc Dreier's firm, filmed a series of interviews with his former employer that are at the core of "Unraveled," a film Mr. Simon produced and directed that is being released April 13.

By Christine Simmons

9 minute read

May 13, 2013 | New York Law Journal

A federal judge has approved plaintiffs attorney fees of about $39 million in a $219 million settlement, rejecting objections by the New York attorney general that the fees were "wildly excessive" but trimming a portion of the request for what she said were unnecessary hours reviewing some documents.

By Christine Simmons

4 minute read

March 15, 2013 | New York Law Journal

New York City will soon have the nation's most far-reaching laws barring employers from shunning out-of-work job applicants, after lawmakers passed the provisions on March 13 over a mayoral veto.

By Christine Simmons and Jennifer Peltz

7 minute read

August 15, 2012 | Delaware Business Court Insider

DLA Piper is locked in a dispute with an energy executive who claims the firm acted as his company's "ghost counsel" after being ordered to withdraw from a case and continued to bill him.

By Christine Simmons New York Law Journal

5 minute read

July 19, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Litigation surrounding the dissolution of 12-attorney Arkin Kaplan Rice turned vitriolic this week, with accusations made in court papers that one partner left a threatening voicemail and another was involved in a "fists up physical altercation."

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

February 22, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Lindsay Lohan's lawsuit against rapper Armando Perez, known as "Pitbull," has been dismissed, and the actress' attorney in Long Island has been fined $1,500 after the judge found evidence of plagiarism in her court papers.

By Christine Simmons

4 minute read