June 14, 2012 | New York Law Journal
Ex-Dewey Leaders Hid Firm's Condition, Suit SaysFormer Dewey & LeBoeuf partner Henry Bunsow is accusing multiple Dewey leaders, including longtime chairman Steven Davis, of committing fraud by lying about the true state of the now-bankrupt firm's finances.
By Sara Randazzo
5 minute read
December 07, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer
UC Hastings Graduate Accused of Lying to Be Admitted to BarA University of California Hastings College of the Law graduate should no longer be allowed to practice law in California because she lied about having a disability in order to get more time to take the 2009 bar exam, the State Bar of California said Wednesday.
By Sara Randazzo
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May 28, 2012 | The American Lawyer
Dewey Effectively Done As Firm Files for Bankruptcy ProtectionDewey & LeBoeuf's death spiral reached its denouement Monday with the filing of a Chapter 11 petition in federal bankruptcy court in Manhattan.
By Sara Randazzo
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September 06, 2013 | The American Lawyer
Dewey and AMR Bankruptcies Collide in Fee DisputeAttorneys representing American Airlines parent company AMR Corporation in its Chapter 11 case hope to trim $644,000 from a $4.6 million bill Dewey & LeBoeuf submitted for work it completed before the law firm went bankrupt in May 2012.
By Sara Randazzo
3 minute read
December 21, 2012 | Daily Report Online
Appeals of dueling decisions will proceed in Coudert caseA federal appeals court has agreed to weigh in on whether the Coudert Brothers estate is entitled to profits earned from so-called unfinished business taken by former Coudert partners to new employers in the wake of the New York firm's 2006 collapse.
By Sara Randazzo
4 minute read
January 14, 2013 | The American Lawyer
Pair of London Partners Lateral Out Ahead of SNR-Salans-FMC Tie-UpFormer Salans corporate partner Richard Thomas, who is joining Vedder Price, and former SNR Denton trade finance partner Geoffrey Wynne, who is launching a London office for Boston-based Sullivan & Worcester, chose smaller Am Law 200 firms over a 2,500-lawyer global giant.
By Sara Randazzo
5 minute read
November 07, 2011 | Texas Lawyer
New Howrey Trustee Says Firm's Bankruptcy Will Get LitigiousAllan Diamond, managing partner of Diamond McCarthy, says he already had a full caseload of his own when he became the government-appointed Chapter 11 trustee of defunct law firm Howrey on Oct. 7.
By Sara Randazzo
5 minute read
November 26, 2012 | Daily Report Online
Boston litigators leave firm for Nelson MullinsA shake-up in the New England legal market has resulted in 16 lawyers jumping to the South Carolina-based Am Law 200 firm Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough's Boston office, eight of them as partners, the firm announced Nov. 19.
By Sara Randazzo
3 minute read
September 27, 2012 | New York Law Journal
Cleary 'Mini-MBA' Gives New Associates a Sense of How Business Works"Does anyone know how a zero coupon bond works?" Blank stares from three dozen sharply dressed young attorneys provided an answer to the question posed by professional financial trainer Marisa Mackey at the New York offices of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton on Sept. 12.
By Sara Randazzo
6 minute read
April 25, 2013 | Law.com
Ex-Dewey Partner Pulls Former Firm Leaders Into Capital Loan LawsuitA former Dewey & LeBoeuf partner suing Barclays Bank over what he claims is a fraudulent $540,000 loan agreement is now trying to blame its creation on several onetime firm leaders, including former chairman Steven Davis.
By Sara Randazzo
7 minute read
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