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September 20, 2021 | New York Law Journal

'Simply a Delay'?: Decline in New Bankruptcy Filings Has Hit Law Firms During the Pandemic

A new report said that more than 291,000 new bankruptcy cases were filed across all chapters through the first eight months of 2021. That represents a 26.3% decline from the same period a year prior, the report authors said.
3 minute read
September 09, 2021 | FC&S Insurance

In Final 9/11 Case, Judge Hellerstein Rejects World Trade Center Plaintiffs’ Bid for Portion of Insurer’s Settlement of Subrogation Suit with Aviation Defendants

Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein decided the last case pending before him dealing with the massive property losses caused by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
49 minute read
June 17, 2021 | New York Law Journal

Cornelius Blackshear, Late SDNY Bankruptcy Judge, Remembered as Mentor and Pioneer

Judge pioneered the U.S. trustees program in the Southern District of New York, taking what was then a pilot program and turning it into a nationwide model.
6 minute read
June 10, 2021 | Pro Mid Market

Who Got the Work: A Rephrased Referendum, a Contested Tax Credit

Pierce Atwood filed suit on behalf of a Maine representative seeking to change a question on an upcoming ballot, Wyatt Tarrant is representing an organization that is challenging a new education-related Kentucky Law, and other work from midsize firms.
2 minute read
May 17, 2021 | New York Law Journal

Donziger Defense Team Rests Its Case After 10 Minutes, Calls No Witnesses

The gone-in-a-flash defense case was another twist in Donziger's battles with Chevron and, more directly in recent years, with two federal trial judges sitting in the Southern District of New York who have presided over a Chevron-linked civil-fraud case brought against Donziger and his criminal prosecution: Judge Lewis Kaplan in the civil matter and Judge Loretta Preska in the criminal case.
8 minute read
May 10, 2021 | New York Law Journal

'Near-Certain Conviction': At Opening Arguments in Contempt Trial, Donziger's Lawyers Argue the Deck Is Stacked Against Him

Lawyers for Donziger largely ignored legal and factual arguments related to the contempt charges against him, and instead drummed home the point that the trial itself seemed rigged against the embattled lawyer.
6 minute read
May 10, 2021 | New York Law Journal

Steven Donziger's Criminal Contempt Trial Set to Open This Morning

The long-awaited federal trial of embattled lawyer Steven Donziger, who faces six counts of criminal contempt of court and up to six months in prison if convicted, will kick off with what are expected to be riveting, and perhaps controversial, opening arguments at 10 a.m. today.
6 minute read
April 21, 2021 | Pro Mid Market

Who Got the Work: An NFT Art Auction and a Brain Injury Verdict

Auction house Sotheby's made its first-ever sale of non-fungible tokens with the help of attorneys in Seward & Kissel, Morrison Cohen worked with Morelli Law to represent a man who sustained a traumatic brain injury from a work accident, and other work from midsize moves.
2 minute read
April 12, 2021 | New York Law Journal

Jockeying Begins, Including Request for 4-Hour Opening Statement, as Donziger's Criminal Trial Nears

"This case illustrates the wisdom of the founding fathers in having 'checks and balances' in our government," said Richard Friedman, one of Steven Donziger's numerous lawyers. "I join Amnesty International and other human-rights [organizations] in requesting that the U.S. Department of Justice intervene in this very irregular prosecution."
12 minute read
April 07, 2021 | Law.com

Law Student Climate Change Activists Target Gibson Dunn

Law Students for Climate Accountability has launched a campaign dubbed #DoneWithDunn that asks the law firm to adopt standards for the fossil fuel clients and cases it will take on.
5 minute read

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