By Jason Grant | November 1, 2018
Even though the law firm allegedly missed a central fact while doing public-stock-offering due diligence, the bank's malpractice claim was time-barred after it didn't act on a public report about fraud committed by the coal company making the stock offering, an appeals court said.
By Christine Simmons | October 22, 2018
Jay Freiberg, who was chair of Katten's New York fiduciary litigation practice, and Howard Elman, formerly of Matalon Shweky Elman, were childhood friends more than three decades ago.
By Christine Simmons | October 19, 2018
Lawyers for Kristina Armstrong are seeking $33 million in damages against Blank Rome, arguing the firm failed to disclose its ties to her ex-husband's employer, Morgan Stanley.
By Christine Simmons | September 28, 2018
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz has been battling CVR Energy's malpractice lawsuit for close to five years.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Ralph A. Catalano | September 27, 2018
No matter the reasons driving the decision to retain one lawyer for many defendants, the possibility that conflicts of interest may emerge among the clients lurks ominously over the entire arrangement, potentially threatening any prospect of a harmonious defense, and perhaps resulting in an ethical calamity for the attorney.
By Christine Simmons | September 26, 2018
The settlement avoids what would have been an extraordinarily high-profile trial for a legal malpractice suit.
By Christine Simmons | September 10, 2018
As it continues to duel with Carl Icahn-controlled CVR Energy, Wachtell argues its own initial engagement letter with former client CVR was "a mere agreement to agree" and thus not enforceable.
By Christine Simmons | September 5, 2018
"Wachtell is perversely incentivized to negotiate engagement letters that benefit the investment bankers, not its client," Carl Icahn-controlled CVR Energy claims in a proposed new malpractice complaint.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Anthony E. Davis and Anthony J. Sebok | August 31, 2018
The New York City Bar ethics committee recently issued Formal Opinion 2018-5: Litigation Funders' Contingent Interest in Legal Fees.
By Christine Simmons | August 15, 2018
"Now Kasowitz is getting some of its own medicine," said Stephen Meister of Meister Seelig & Fein, the defendant in an earlier malpractice case handled by Kasowitz Benson Torres.
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