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Scott Flaherty

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

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February 27, 2019 | New York Law Journal

At Selendy & Gay, One Year Tells the Tale of a Big Law Spinoff

In Selendy & Gay's earliest days, before the firm had moved into its office space near Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall, its founding partners couldn't meet potential recruits in the sunlit conference rooms they now use.

By Scott Flaherty

12 minute read

February 27, 2019 | The American Lawyer

At Selendy & Gay, One Year Tells the Tale of a Big Law Spinoff

After breaking off from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan last winter, Selendy & Gay is eschewing the Big Law model.

By Scott Flaherty

12 minute read

February 27, 2019 | Litigation Daily

Now a Year Old, Selendy & Gay Tells the Tale of a Big Law Spinoff

After breaking off from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan last winter, Selendy & Gay is eschewing the Big Law model.

By Scott Flaherty

12 minute read

February 26, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Foley Sports Group Scores Former NBA Exec as Special Adviser

Adding firepower to its sports industry team, Foley & Lardner has hired former National Basketball Association executive and in-house counsel Bobby Sharma as a special adviser in New York.

By Scott Flaherty

3 minute read

February 26, 2019 | The American Lawyer

Foley Sports Group Scores Former NBA Exec as Special Adviser

Bobby Sharma has spent two decades in the sports industry, including 10 years with the NBA.

By Scott Flaherty

3 minute read

February 26, 2019 | New York Law Journal

SEC Judgment Ends Case of Ex-Foley & Lardner Partner Who Profited From Firm Secrets

The U.S. Securities and Exchange commission announced Friday that it secured a final judgment in Manhattan federal court against Walter "Chet" Little,

By Scott Flaherty

4 minute read

February 25, 2019 | The American Lawyer

SEC Judgment Ends Case of Ex-Foley & Lardner Partner Who Profited From Firm Secrets

With less than a year left on his prison sentence, Walter "Chet" Little is close to reaching the end of his formal punishment for an insider trading scheme.

By Scott Flaherty

4 minute read

February 13, 2019 | The American Lawyer

Profits and Revenue Soar at Nixon Peabody

As its revenue surpassed a half-billion dollars for the first time, Nixon Peabody's profits per partner surged to $1.5 million.

By Scott Flaherty

4 minute read

February 12, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

Jones Day Adds Pittsburgh Partner Pair From Morgan Lewis, Reed Smith

The Cleveland-born global firm now has about 70 lawyers in Pittsburgh, giving it a larger presence there than all but a handful of Am Law 200 firms.

By Scott Flaherty

4 minute read

February 11, 2019 | The American Lawyer

Civil Rights Lawyer Faked Cancer to Delay Cases, Illinois Bar Authorities Say

Bar authorities claim a former lawyer at Chicago's Loevy & Loevy lied about having stomach cancer and then lied about having a son who suffered from the same disease.

By Scott Flaherty

5 minute read