Sara Randazzo

October 23, 2013 | The American Lawyer

The plan administrator in MF Global Holding Ltd.'s Chapter 11 case is asking the court to cut $750,000 from a $3.75 million fee request Dewey submitted for six months of work as counsel to the commodities broker's unsecured creditors committee. This is the second time in two months that Dewey is being accused of charging excessive fees for work it completed on bankruptcy assignments before the firm itself went under.

By Sara Randazzo

7 minute read

June 20, 2012 | Law.com

O'Melveny & Myers is joining the ranks of law firms applying for a license to practice in South Korea in a limited capacity following the ratification of a free trade agreement with the U.S. and U.K. The firm is hinging its plans on laterals Sungyong Kang and Jinwon Park, who recently joined O'Melveny as of counsel in the firm's Hong Kong office.

By Sara Randazzo

3 minute read

May 07, 2012 | The American Lawyer

The expected loss of Berge Setrakian, a 2005 lateral hire at predecessor firm LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, comes as more Dewey & LeBoeuf lawyers bolt for DLA Piper and Schiff Hardin.

By Sara Randazzo

4 minute read

March 16, 2012 | The Recorder

By Sara Randazzo

11 minute read

November 26, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts's acquisition of Alliant Insurance Services from the Blackstone Group for an undisclosed sum generates assignments for Latham & Watkins and Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett.

By Sara Randazzo

3 minute read

October 05, 2012 | The American Lawyer

K&L Gates gains a partner in Dubai; a Dewey & LeBoeuf lawyer in Brussels finds his way to Steptoe & Johnson; and Perkins Coie makes three lateral hires. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to [email protected].

By Sara Randazzo

5 minute read

April 13, 2012 | New York Law Journal

The settlement last week of litigation over a policy forcing partners to wind down their practice and give up equity status at age 70 has resulted in a sizeable payday for the main partner involved, but it doesn't resolve the larger issue of whether a partner is an employee or an owner.

By Sara Randazzo

6 minute read

February 14, 2012 | The American Lawyer

By Sara Randazzo

6 minute read

May 15, 2012 | The American Lawyer

No dissolution vote is scheduled and no bankruptcy has been filed, but Dewey's lawyers and staff are moving on.

By Sara Randazzo

8 minute read

April 24, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Kaye Scholer has finalized a settlement with the U.S. Trustee's Office requiring the firm to forfeit fees it was paid or expected to be paid for its work on the Chapter 11 case of investment firm GSC Group and to revamp its procedures for applying for bankruptcy assignments.

By Sara Randazzo

4 minute read