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Susan Beck

Susan Beck

December 17, 2015 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week: Christopher Landau of Kirkland & Ellis

Landau kept up a defense winning streak in cases challenging consumer contracts that mandate arbitration.

By Susan Beck

4 minute read

December 17, 2015 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week: Christopher Landau of Kirkland & Ellis

Landau kept up a defense winning streak in cases challenging consumer contracts that mandate arbitration.

By Susan Beck

4 minute read

December 10, 2015 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week: Kannon Shanmugam of Williams & Connolly

To vacate the conviction of a former bond trader who had admitting to lying to investors, Shanmugam pressed a bold argument: Lots of bond traders lie.

By Susan Beck

4 minute read

December 10, 2015 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week: Kannon Shanmugam of Williams & Connolly

To vacate the conviction of a former bond trader who had admitting to lying to investors, Shanmugam pressed a bold argument: Lots of bond traders lie.

By Susan Beck

4 minute read

December 10, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Law Firm Accounting: Opening the Books

Law firm accounting has gray areas that don't exist for other big businesses. After Dewey, is it time for more clarity?

By Susan Beck

13 minute read

December 10, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Law Firm Accounting: Opening the Books

Law firm accounting has gray areas that don't exist for other big businesses. After Dewey, is it time for more clarity?

By Susan Beck

13 minute read

December 09, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Clifford Chance Settles With Funder of Failed Excalibur Case

In the latest twist in a bizarre saga of litigation funding gone awry, Clifford Chance has agreed to pay a confidential amount to settle a negligence suit threatened by a litigation funder that bankrolled a disastrous case handled by the U.K. law firm.

By Susan Beck

3 minute read

December 09, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Clifford Chance Settles With Funder of Failed Excalibur Case

In the latest twist in a bizarre saga of litigation funding gone awry, Clifford Chance has agreed to pay a confidential amount to settle a negligence suit threatened by a litigation funder that bankrolled a disastrous case handled by the U.K. law firm.

By Susan Beck

3 minute read

November 30, 2015 | The American Lawyer

No Truce Between Icahn and Wachtell

After a hotly contested takeover, the billionaire investor settles with two banks, but not with Wachtell.

By Susan Beck

2 minute read

November 30, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Blindsided by the SEC?

The agency accuses an ex-Buchanan Ingersoll partner of helping two Chinese companies list on Nasdaq through fraudulent means. He says he was blindsided by the complaint.

By Susan Beck

3 minute read