Scott Flaherty

April 26, 2018 | The American Lawyer

The appeals court took a dim view of tactics that trial lawyer Mark Lanier used with respect to expert witnesses.

By Scott Flaherty |

5 minute read

April 26, 2018 | The American Lawyer

Proskauer partner Connie Bertram has revealed herself as the Jane Doe plaintiff who sued the firm alleging gender discrimination.

By Scott Flaherty

6 minute read

April 25, 2018 | The Recorder

A special master, appointed by Judge Lucy Koh, was highly critical of a legal fee request in a $115 million settlement of data breach litigation against Anthem.

By Scott Flaherty

3 minute read

April 25, 2018 | The American Lawyer

Djaha, who joined Ropes & Gray as a lateral partner in 2009, will assume his new role in 2020. The announcement comes a few months after Ropes & Gray named partner Julie Jones the firm's chair-elect. She, too, will assume her new role in 2020.

By Scott Flaherty |

4 minute read

April 24, 2018 | The American Lawyer

A regional airline's bankruptcy case has put the CEO, an attorney and son of a prominent Louisiana lawyer and political fundraiser, on the hook for contempt.

By Scott Flaherty |

4 minute read

April 23, 2018 | The American Lawyer

Ex-Chadbourne & Parke partner Kerrie Campbell may have settled her gender bias case against the firm. But she's still fighting.

By Scott Flaherty

5 minute read

April 20, 2018 | The American Lawyer

Ahead of an upcoming Dallas trial, Proskauer's defense team filed a notice on Thursday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit as part of an effort to escape claims from an official committee of investors who lost money in R. Allen Stanford's massive, long-running Ponzi scheme.

By Scott Flaherty |

4 minute read

April 17, 2018 | The American Lawyer

The two sides of a $50 million gender bias suit brought against Proskauer Rose by a female partner at the firm will discuss the potential of a settlement under a mediation process set out by the court's local rules.

By Scott Flaherty

4 minute read

April 17, 2018 | The American Lawyer

Carllene Placide, a former Big Law immigration and labor attorney, was disbarred in Washington, where the state's highest court criticized her for improper conduct surrounding her representation of non-firm clients.

By Scott Flaherty |

3 minute read

April 16, 2018 | The American Lawyer

Goodwin Procter announced the addition of a trans-Atlantic transactions team in its life sciences group. Meanwhile, White & Case said it had hired away a debt financing partner from Goodwin in New York.

By Scott Flaherty |

3 minute read