Breaking news and analysis related to law firm dissolution and partner and creditor disputes.
By Leigh Jones | Vanessa Blum | March 27, 2020
Keith Wetmore, former chairman at Morrison & Foerster, and Bill Brandt, who has helped handle workouts and restructurings for nearly 40 law firms, had big roles during the 2008 recession. Here's their perspective on the major challenges law firms are facing now.
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By Ross Todd | February 27, 2020
The court adopted the position of the D.C. Court of Appeals, which found earlier this month that clients, not firms, control ongoing matters in a matter of first impression under D.C. law.
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By David Thomas | February 14, 2020
"A law firm does not have a 'legitimate claim of entitlement' to hourly billed client matters because it is the clients who retain the right to control the representation," Chief Judge Anna Blackburne-Rigsby wrote.
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By Dan Packel | January 31, 2020
A California bankruptcy judge ripped into the attorney for a former partner objecting to the settlement Thursday, accusing her of introducing a new argument at the confirmation hearing.
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By Jack Newsham | January 9, 2020
Ross Cellino says his partner, Stephen Barnes, had finally agreed to break up their famed personal-injury firm. The fate of the firm's jingle is not yet certain.
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By Jack Newsham | January 8, 2020
"Were they lying then, or are they lying now?" The firm that represented a receiver for plaintiffs firm Napoli Bern says it still hasn't gotten its $151,000 in fees and is being given the run-around in its search for assets.
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By Jack Newsham | January 2, 2020
Frank Eskesen was accused by his former partner of having affairs with their firm's secretaries and then lying about it, but Eskesen says his ex-partner has sought to blackmail him.
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By Jack Newsham | December 26, 2019
From an Am Law 200 firm's bankruptcy to a spate of small and midsize firm breakups, 2019 saw several law firm closures.
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By Jack Newsham | December 19, 2019
A bankruptcy judge placed employment litigator Jeffrey Liddle's firm in the hands of a Chapter 11 trustee Thursday.
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By Dan Packel | December 12, 2019
A hotel operator wants to tap the defunct firm's insurance coverage to resolve a dispute that stems from damage in 2003's Hurricane Isabel.
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