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Breaking news and analysis related to law firm dissolution and partner and creditor disputes.
By Amanda O'Brien | April 24, 2024
The firm acknowledged expected difficulties in convincing creditors to confirm its bankruptcy plan.
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By Amanda O'Brien | April 10, 2024
Third-party litigation funders Virage Capital and Jordan Litigation Funding pushed a judge Wednesday to dismiss the firm's Chapter 11 petition. Meanwhile, co-founder Andrew Sacks was absent from the hearing, purportedly dodging service of a subpoena from Virage.
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By Amanda O'Brien | March 21, 2024
The funder claims the firm's Chapter 11 filing was a bad-faith effort to delay trial and forum shop in a dispute stemming from a $5.79 million loan agreement.
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By Amanda O'Brien | February 8, 2024
The suit says that income partners and counsel were forced to defer a portion of their annual compensation into the firm's pension plan, despite the pension plan itself not requiring such a contribution, and that money was ultimately commingled with firm operating funds.
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By ALM Staff | December 29, 2023
Over a year's worth of reporting on the issues and events that led to Stroock's downfall
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By Dan Roe | December 28, 2023
From Stroock to Schnader, firms that failed struggled with common issues of recruitment, retention and financial obligations.
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By Justin Henry | December 11, 2023
Hogan Lovells, which acquired a team of 28 partners from Stroock and office leases in New York and Washington, is also a secured creditor, gaining rights to the firm's largest liability: a loan made by Chase Bank.
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By Amanda O'Brien | November 22, 2023
Yvonne Saadi is a veteran of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
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By Amanda O'Brien | November 21, 2023
Ward Greenberg will cease operations at the end of 2023. Hodgson Russ will add 10 litigators and assume the firm's Rochester lease, while Freeman Mathis Gary will take the other nine litigators and leases in Philadelphia, South Jersey and Delaware.
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By Patrick Smith | November 9, 2023
"Partners were not coming into the office much over the summer, and when they did, they didn't want to deal with questions," one former staffer said.
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