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Christine Simmons writes about the New York legal community and the business of law. Email her at [email protected] and find her on Twitter @chlsimmons
December 23, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Four practitioners, two appellate judges and the general counsel to the Manhattan district attorney are candidates for an associate judge seat on the New York Court of Appeals.
By Christine Simmons
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December 23, 2015 | New York Law Journal
White-collar defense boutique Kaplan & Katzberg is dissolving the end of this year, as the partners prepare to enter separate practices.
By Christine Simmons
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December 22, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Baker & Hostetler and partner John Moscow have been disqualified from defending real estate companies allegedly involved in laundering proceeds of a Russian fraud scheme after a federal judge found the firm's defense strategy involves attacks against a former client.
By Christine Simmons
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December 18, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Kaye Scholer corporate partner Evan Greebel was indicted along with Martin Shkreli, a former hedge fund manager who ran the pharmaceutical company Retrophin, for their role in what federal prosecutors described as a Ponzi scheme.
By Christine Simmons
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December 17, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Kenyon & Kenyon continues to see partner and personnel exits, including two partners who left for BakerHostetler, and the departure of the chief operating officer. The firm's new managing partner, Edward Colbert, said despite departures, the firm has become "even more profitable and viable" in the last few months.
By Christine Simmons
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December 17, 2015 | The American Lawyer
Evan Greebel, a Kaye Scholer corporate partner who joined the firm's New York office this summer, was arrested Thursday morning on charges of participating in a securities fraud scheme with former hedge fund manager-turned-pharmaceutical- executive Martin Shkreli.
By Nell Gluckman, Christine Simmons and Brian Baxter
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December 17, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager under fire for buying a pharmaceutical company and ratcheting up the price of a life-saving drug, is in custody following a securities probe. A Kaye Scholer partner is also under arrest.
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December 15, 2015 | New York Law Journal
State court officials have approved new rules authorizing lawyers outside the state to practice in New York on a temporary basis and to allow foreign lawyers to register as in-house counsel. The rules take effect Dec. 30.
By Christine Simmons
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December 15, 2015 | New York Law Journal
A jury on Monday convicted Harvey Newkirk, a former Bryan Cave counsel, of wire fraud relating to a deceptive scheme to purchase Maxim magazine, while acquitting him of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By Christine Simmons
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December 14, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Suzanna Andrews, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair who wrote about controversial executive coaching organization NXIVM, claimed the organization and its attorneys intentionally misled the court in an ultimately dismissed suit it brought. But a judge found Andrews did not comply with a strict procedural requirement.
By Christine Simmons
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The Legal Intelligencer honors lawyers leaving a mark on the legal community in Pennsylvania and Delaware.
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A large and well-established Tampa company is seeking a contracts administrator to support the company's in-house attorney and manage a wide...
We are seeking an attorney to join our commercial finance practice in either our Stamford, Hartford or New Haven offices. Candidates should ...
We are seeking an attorney to join our corporate and transactional practice. Candidates should have a minimum of 8 years of general corporat...
MELICK & PORTER, LLP PROMOTES CONNECTICUT PARTNERS HOLLY ROGERS, STEVEN BANKS, and ALEXANDER AHRENS
