The chief bankruptcy judge in Manhattan has authorized payments to keep malpractice and health policies in place for the Dreier law firm—good news to a litigation associate who attended a…
Updated: Thacher Proffitt & Wood, rumored to be on the brink of dissolution, has suffered a debilitating blow with the loss of about 100 of its lawyers to Sonnenschein Nath…
Some colleagues of indicted lawyer Marc Dreier, accused of stealing $380 million from hedge funds in investors, believe his alleged crimes may have been…
Although the Dreier law firm apparently is significantly behind on numerous bills, including its rent, the firm’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing (PDF) on Tuesday contained good news…
A federal judge is seeking more information on a $2.1 million fee application by Dewey & LeBeouf that breaks down to about $100,000 a day in attorney fees.
After staggering news last week that the longtime head of a respected Wall Street investment firm had allegedly been running a massive $50 billion Ponzi…
A receiver for the Dreier law firm says it will soon file for bankruptcy, following an alleged massive fraud by its founder and sole equity partner, Marc Dreier.
Public sector employment would mean a big cut in regular pay for attorney general nominee Eric Holder, but he’ll have a big payout from his law firm to cushion the…
At least two more law firms are considering following the lead of DLA Piper and requiring nonequity partners to buy into equity status, a law professor says.
Three more Long Island lawyers are having their government pension credits or pension revoked by the state comptroller, bringing to 45 the number of New York attorneys who have had…
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