Scott Flaherty
Scott Flaherty, based in New York, covers the business of law with a focus on legal ethics, lawyer misconduct, conflicts-of-interest and litigation involving law firms. He can be reached at [email protected]. On Twitter: @sflaherty18
September 28, 2017 | The American Lawyer
That Makes Five: Winston & Strawn Suit Adds To Growing List of Gender Bias ClaimsWhen news broke this week that former Winston & Strawn intellectual property partner Constance Ramos has sued her old firm, she publicly…
By Scott Flaherty
7 minute read
September 28, 2017 | The American Lawyer
What It Takes to Dominate in the Elite Game of International LitigationThe number of cross-border litigation matters is growing—but the cadre of firms that lead in this lucrative niche remains relatively small.
By Scott Flaherty
12 minute read
September 27, 2017 | The American Lawyer
That Makes Five: Winston & Strawn Suit Adds To Growing List of Gender Bias ClaimsWhen news broke this week that former Winston & Strawn intellectual property partner Constance Ramos has sued her old firm, she publicly landed among a group of female lawyers who claim in court that they faced sex discrimination in Big Law.
By Scott Flaherty
7 minute read
September 19, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Ex-Deutsche Bank GC, SEC Enforcement Chief Joins King & SpaldingRichard Walker, the longtime Deutsche Bank general counsel and former SEC enforcement chief, has joined King & Spalding in the firm's special matters and government investigations group in New York.
By Scott Flaherty
4 minute read
September 18, 2017 | Daily Business Review
Buchanan Ingersoll Resolves Suit Over Arena Football Investment AdviceBuchanan Ingersoll & Rooney has closed the book on a lawsuit alleging the firm didn't do enough to scrutinize a $19 million investment that a Tampa, Florida-area surgeon agreed to put into a local Arena Football League team.
By Scott Flaherty
25 minute read
September 13, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Kobre & Kim Continues Expansion With Hire of Insolvency Partner in NYInternational disputes law firm Kobre & Kim has continued its string of recent hires with the addition of Daniel Saval, a cross-border insolvency partner who joins the firm's New York office from Brown Rudnick.
By Scott Flaherty
3 minute read
September 12, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Norton Rose Nabs IP Litigator From Fried FrankPatent litigator Jeffrey Lewis, who focuses on pharma cases and was at Fried Frank for about two years, is a past president of the American Intellectual Property Law Association.
By Scott Flaherty
3 minute read
September 11, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Disbarment for Lawyer Involved in Drug-Planting PlotKent Easter, a California lawyer, has been prohibited from practicing law after he was found guilty of planting drugs in the car of a parent at his son's elementary school.
By Scott Flaherty
14 minute read
September 07, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Eying Climate Change Cases, Hagens Berman Beefs Up Environmental GroupPlaintiffs firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro has bolstered its environmental practice and added an office just outside Boston, absorbing the three-lawyer Pawa Law Group in an effort to pursue climate change litigation against companies.
By Scott Flaherty
3 minute read
September 07, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Ex-Counterterrorism Director Moves to SkaddenThe former director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, Michael Leiter, has joined Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom's Washington office as a partner in the firm's national security practice.
By Scott Flaherty
3 minute read
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