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
April 27, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Lawyers Make Dueling Arguments in Dewey Trial SummationsA lawyer for former Dewey & LeBoeuf CFO Joel Sanders on Thursday sought to undermine testimony by cooperating witnesses in the Manhattan district attorney's fraud case against Sanders and former Dewey executive director Stephen DiCarmine, saying those witnesses changed their stories under the threat of criminal indictment.
By Scott Flaherty
8 minute read
April 27, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Lawyers Make Dueling Arguments in Dewey Trial SummationsA lawyer for former Dewey & LeBoeuf CFO Joel Sanders on Thursday sought to undermine testimony by cooperating witnesses in the Manhattan district attorney's fraud case against Sanders and former Dewey executive director Stephen DiCarmine, saying those witnesses changed their stories under the threat of criminal indictment.
By Scott Flaherty
8 minute read
April 25, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Lawyer Calls Dewey Criminal Case a Failure as Summations BeginA lawyer for former Dewey & LeBoeuf executive director Stephen DiCarmine on Tuesday sought to inject doubt in the minds of jurors nearing a potential verdict in the long-running criminal case over the firm's demise.
By Scott Flaherty
3 minute read
April 25, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Lawyer Calls Dewey Criminal Case a Failure as Summations BeginA lawyer for former Dewey & LeBoeuf executive director Stephen DiCarmine on Tuesday sought to inject doubt in the minds of jurors nearing a potential verdict in the long-running criminal case over the firm's demise.
By Scott Flaherty
7 minute read
April 24, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Dewey Leaders Won't Testify, Call Witnesses as Retrial Nears EndIn the Dewey & LeBoeuf criminal case, counsel for former firm executives Joel Sanders and Stephen DiCarmine said Monday that they would proceed to summations without putting either defendant on the stand or calling their own witnesses.
By Scott Flaherty
6 minute read
April 24, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Dewey Leaders Won't Testify, Call Witnesses as Retrial Nears EndIn the Dewey & LeBoeuf criminal case, counsel for former firm executives Joel Sanders and Stephen DiCarmine said Monday that they would proceed to summations without putting either defendant on the stand or calling their own witnesses.
By Scott Flaherty
6 minute read
April 18, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Levine Lee Snags Former EDNY, Conn. ProsecutorNew York litigation boutique Levine Lee has hired Tracy Lee Dayton, a former federal prosecutor in Connecticut and Brooklyn, as the firm's sixth partner.
By Scott Flaherty
2 minute read
April 18, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Levine Lee Snags Former EDNY, Conn. ProsecutorNew York litigation boutique Levine Lee has hired Tracy Lee Dayton, a former federal prosecutor in Connecticut and Brooklyn, as the firm's sixth partner.
By Scott Flaherty
5 minute read
April 17, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Chadbourne Sex Bias Plaintiffs Lose Bid to Block Partnership VoteA federal judge in Manhattan on Monday declined to temporarily block Chadbourne & Parke's partnership from voting to expel Kerrie Campbell, a partner in Washington, D.C., who is leading a $100 million gender discrimination action against the firm.
By Scott Flaherty
8 minute read
April 17, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Chadbourne Sex Bias Plaintiffs Lose Bid to Block Partnership VoteA federal judge in Manhattan on Monday declined to temporarily block Chadbourne & Parke's partnership from voting to expel Kerrie Campbell, a partner in Washington, D.C., who is leading a $100 million gender discrimination action against the firm.
By Scott Flaherty
8 minute read