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December 10, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Easterm District Judge Nicholas Garaufis has ordered attorneys to file redacted court documents in an antitrust case against American Express, after a law professor who is not a party to the litigation sought to unseal the documents or intervene. The professor, Myriam Gilles of Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, is also the wife of the plaintiffs attorney whom Garaufis removed as class counsel in August.
By Christine Simmons
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December 10, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Jenner & Block has named Susan Kohlmann as managing partner of the firm's 67-attorney New York office, succeeding Richard Ziegler, who led the office for the past eight years.
By Christine Simmons
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December 8, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Manhattan prosecutors announced Monday that they have made plea offers to former Dewey & LeBoeuf leaders Stephen DiCarmine and Joel Sanders after dropping multiple charges against them. If the two do not take the deal, they face a retrial.
By Christine Simmons
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December 4, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Harvey Newkirk, the former Bryan Cave counsel charged in a fraud scheme to buy Maxim magazine, testified in his own defense Friday, telling jurors he was distracted during the deal because his wife and baby were in the hospital. He also indicated he had reason to believe lenders were being told the truth about the deal.
By Christine Simmons
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December 4, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Defense attorneys for former Dewey & LeBoeuf executive director Stephen DiCarmine and former chief financial officer Joel Sanders said they assume their clients will be retried, but former chairman Steven Davis will not face another trial on charges of first-degree grand larceny, scheme to defraud and conspiracy, among others.
By Christine Simmons
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December 4, 2015 | The American Lawyer
The former Dewey & LeBoeuf chairman won't face a retrial over claims that he and other firm leaders misled lenders and investors in the run-up to Dewey's demise.
By Christine Simmons
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December 2, 2015 | New York Law Journal
The founding partners of Rakower Lupkin, a New York litigation boutique formed in 2012, are going their separate ways.
By Christine Simmons
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December 2, 2015 | New York Law Journal
In the criminal trial against Harvey Newkirk, a former Bryan Cave counsel, a lead Bryan Cave partner testified that when Newkirk was hired, he told the firm he represented corporate executive Calvin Darden Sr. and that he and Darden had a longstanding relationship.
By Christine Simmons
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December 1, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Callan, Koster, Brady & Nagler is suing its former name partner, Paul Callan, who regularly appears on CNN as a commentator, alleging he defrauded the partnership of millions of dollars by concealing a lucrative civil case he had taken on before leaving the firm.
By Christine Simmons
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November 24, 2015 | New York Law Journal
In the political corruption trial of former Senate majority leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, the president of a company that hired Adam as a consultant testified Tuesday that he felt he had no choice but to give Adam a big raise.
By Christine Simmons
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MELICK & PORTER, LLP PROMOTES CONNECTICUT PARTNERS HOLLY ROGERS, STEVEN BANKS, and ALEXANDER AHRENS
