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August 9, 2015 | New York Law Journal
A judge has ruled the lawsuit brought by former nonequity partner Jodi Ritter, who claimed she was subjected to repeated harassment and discrimination at the firm for having children, must go to arbitration.
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August 7, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Buffalo-based Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman said Thursday it has acquired a 10-attorney labor firm that represents a union of 23,000 New York prison guards. Lippes Mathias, now with 56 attorneys, gains an Albany office and labor law practice in the combination.
By Christine Simmons
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August 5, 2015 | New York Law Journal
The jury in the trial against Dewey & LeBoeuf executives did not sit Wednesday, the second day in a row this week.
By Christine Simmons
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August 5, 2015 | New York Law Journal
In a stunning decision Tuesday, Eastern District Judge Nicholas Garaufis assailed "the improper and disappointing conduct" of Gary Friedman, plaintiffs counsel in credit card litigation between retailers and American Express, for talking behind the scenes with Keila Ravelo, who represented MasterCard in a separate but similar lawsuit brought by the same retailers.
By Christine Simmons
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August 3, 2015 | New York Law Journal
An error by attorneys that rendered a $1.5 billion secured loan to General Motors unsecured has led one loan participant to sue JPMorgan Chase Bank and its counsel, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, for negligence.
By Christine Simmons
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July 30, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Three University of Virginia graduates have brought a defamation suit in the Southern District against Rolling Stone, asserting the magazine's now-retracted article about an alleged gang rape at a campus fraternity had a devastating effect on their reputation.
By Christine Simmons
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July 30, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Dozens of retailers in a class action against American Express are urging the court to reject a proposed settlement because co-lead plaintiff counsel "has betrayed the class he purports to represent by secretly collaborating" with a former partner at Willkie Farr who represented an adversary, MasterCard.
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July 29, 2015 | New York Law Journal
The feuding equity partners of Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik have engaged Mark Zauderer, a partner at Flemming Zulack Williamson Zauderer, to mediate their partnership dispute and adjourned a contempt hearing that was scheduled Wednesday.
By Christine Simmons
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July 29, 2015 | New York Law Journal
A former structured finance partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf said he left the firm in late 2010 with a group of other attorneys because he was not paid what he was promised and only learned of Dewey's 2010 debt offering to investors through a client.
By Christine Simmons
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July 28, 2015 | The American Lawyer
Howard Schickler, a former structured finance partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf, said he left the firm in late 2010 for Katten Muchin Rosenman with 12 other lawyers because he did not receive the compensation he was promised.
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