Christine Simmons

March 22, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Sidley Austin has hired a trio of IP partners from Ropes & Gray and Holland & Knight has added partners from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and now-defunct Dickstein Shapiro.

By Christine Simmons

4 minute read

March 21, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Responding to a record volume of mergers and acquisitions, New York law firms advanced scores of corporate and transactional lawyers to partnership in their latest round of promotions.

By Christine Simmons

12 minute read

March 21, 2016 | New York Law Journal

An insurer's lawsuit against Christie's Fine Art Storage Services claiming Christie's is liable for the cost of artwork damaged during Hurricane Sandy has been revived by a state appellate court.

By Christine Simmons

12 minute read

March 18, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Continuing its hiring streak, Greenberg Traurig has brought in four partners from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, including Louis Solomon, who was co-chair of the litigation department.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

March 17, 2016 | New York Law Journal

New York litigators and appellate experts praised D.C. Circuit Chief Judge Merrick Garland, nominated Wednesday by President Barack Obama for the U.S. Supreme Court, as a brilliant and moderate judge, a consensus-builder with a meticulous and non-ideological approach to law.

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

March 15, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The director of the Justice Department's U.S. Trustee Program has upheld the suspension of John Pereira, a long-serving bankruptcy trustee in New York, after finding Pereira failed to offer interpreter services to a debtor and berated other debtors with "almost cruel" comments.

By Christine Simmons

8 minute read

March 14, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Evan Greebel, the attorney who was arrested alongside former pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli and charged with wire fraud conspiracy, has resigned from Kaye Scholer.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

March 11, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Morrison & Foerster, already battling a malpractice suit brought by an investment bank over the fraudulent public stock offering at Puda Coal, has been sued by a second bank involved in the same deal.

By Christine Simmons

36 minute read

March 11, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Blank Rome partner Peter Valente's role will be to ensure the rock legend's will is properly executed and that the interests of Alexandria Jones, 15-year-old daughter daughter of Bowie and his wife, Iman Abdulmajid, are protected in a probate proceeding.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

March 10, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A group of attorneys from a law firm that dissolved last month have created their own firm, Gerber & Partners. Led by founding partner Steven Gerber, the firm's 12 attorneys will focus on employment litigation for management, general litigation, commercial real estate and trusts and estates.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read