Sara Randazzo

May 07, 2013 | Law.com

In a series of final fee requests filed in court this week, 10 law, financial, and restructuring firms tally up their hours worked and expenses incurred from the time Dewey & LeBoeuf filed for bankruptcy in May 2012 through March 22 of this year, when the firm's Chapter 11 plan became effective.

By Sara Randazzo

4 minute read

December 12, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Regulatory changes prompt Hughes Hubbard & Reed to hire a Shook Hardy & Bacon team for tobacco litigation. Outside law firms are required cut their ties to industry rivals.

By Sara Randazzo

5 minute read

December 15, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

A favorable decision for Holland & Knight in a long-running dispute over its termination of a former partner could make it harder for other law firm partners to sue over allegedly unfair treatment, at least in the Empire State.

By Sara Randazzo

4 minute read

April 23, 2013 | Law.com

Steven Davis—one of three former Dewey & LeBoeuf leaders often faulted for causing the firm's collapse—has agreed to pay the Dewey estate more than half a million dollars to resolve allegations that his stewardship was indeed to blame. Dewey insurers, meanwhile, have agreed to contribute $19 million to the estate.

By Sara Randazzo

5 minute read

July 02, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is advising the computer maker in connection with the $2.4 billion acquisition.

By Sara Randazzo

4 minute read

August 29, 2012 | The American Lawyer

In a move aimed in part at keeping control of the case, Dewey & LeBoeuf's bankruptcy advisers presented the court Wednesday with what they say is ample reason to approve the collection of more than $71 million from former Dewey partners for the benefit of the defunct law firm's estate.

By Sara Randazzo

5 minute read

April 17, 2012 | The American Lawyer

The latest round of departures includes a five-partner energy and infrastructure team jumping to Hunton & Williams, a litigator moving to Dorsey & Whitney, and two corporate and securities partners joining Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman.

By Sara Randazzo

3 minute read

May 04, 2012 | The Recorder

By Sara Randazzo

5 minute read

August 23, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Rising to the partnership ranks at an Am Law 200 firm has traditionally required a range of skills that includes a tireless work ethic, a sharp legal mind, and, often, the potential to bring in new business. One thing that seems increasingly unnecessary for those intent on making partner—unwavering loyalty to whichever firm hires them out of law school.

By Sara Randazzo

6 minute read

August 31, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett partner Philip Culhane finds a measure of peace in a federal judge's ruling Tuesday that a prominent Brooklyn prep school can't argue that New York State's statute of limitations should automatically nullify a lawsuit in which Culhane and 11 other men claim they were sexually molested by a revered football coach school — and that school officials covered up the serial sexual abuse.

By Sara Randazzo

8 minute read