Law Firm Bankruptcy And Dissolution Legal News Coverage

New York Law Journal

Cellino & Barnes Appear Headed for 'Divorce'

By Scott Flaherty | May 11, 2017

The name partners at the firm known for its advertising campaign and television jingle are fighting over the dissolution of the firm in court.

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The American Lawyer

Post-Gaming the Dewey Trial: A Win for Cyrus Vance?

By Scott Flaherty | May 09, 2017

Looking back on the twisting path that led to Tuesday's verdict, some white-collar lawyers said the New York County District Attorney's Office played it much smarter in the case's second act, DA's office played it much smarter in the case's second act, while others continued to question the prosecutors' approach.

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New York Law Journal

Post-Gaming the Dewey Trial: A Win for Cyrus Vance?

By Scott Flaherty | May 09, 2017

Looking back on the twisting path that led to Tuesday's verdict, some white-collar lawyers said the New York County District Attorney's Office played it much smarter in the case's second act, DA's office played it much smarter in the case's second act, while others continued to question the prosecutors' approach.

6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ignelzi v. Ogg, Cordes, Murphy and Ignelzi, LLP, PICS Case No. 17-0672 (Pa. Super. April 19, 2017) Strassburger, J. (15 pages).

By | May 05, 2017

Court found that partners presented no reviewable issues in their appeal of trial court's discovery order, in dispute over the dissolution of a law partnership, because despite trial court's rule 341(c) certification, the order was not appealable under the clear language of that rule, the order did not satisfy the separability prong of the collateral order doctrine and partners presented no facts and no privilege log to meet their burden to assert facts to establish the applicability of attorney-client privilege. Appeal quashed.

5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Dewey Survivors Share Lessons From Their Old Firm's Demise

By Scott Flaherty | May 04, 2017

Five years after Dewey & LeBoeuf's spectacular collapse, five of its lawyers look back.

28 minute read

The American Lawyer

Dewey Survivors Share Lessons From Their Old Firm's Demise

By Scott Flaherty | May 04, 2017

Five years after Dewey & LeBoeuf's spectacular collapse, five of its lawyers look back.

6 minute read

The American Lawyer

A Dewey & LeBoeuf TV Drama a No-Go, Says Firm's Ex-Telecom Leader

By Brian Baxter | May 02, 2017

Eric Cowan, a former managing partner of Squire Patton Boggs' New York office who has been a partner at several other large firms, including the now-defunct Thelen and Dewey & LeBoeuf, is headed to McGuireWoods to head the firm's global media and entertainment practice. He has some thoughts about his former firm's demise.

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The American Lawyer

A Dewey & LeBoeuf TV Drama a No-Go, Says Firm's Ex-Telecom Leader

By Brian Baxter | May 02, 2017

Eric Cowan, a former managing partner of Squire Patton Boggs' New York office who has been a partner at several other large firms, including the now-defunct Thelen and Dewey & LeBoeuf, is headed to McGuireWoods to head the firm's global media and entertainment practice. He has some thoughts about his former firm's demise.

5 minute read