A New York lawyer with no prior disciplinary history has been suspended for three years after she repeatedly refused to get a required mental health examination concerning her false claims…
It seems like Hester Prynne would have an easier time finding work right now wearing a scarlet letter A for her act of adultery than an attorney with a juris…
When Juan Morillo joined Clifford Chance from Sidley Austin, he didn’t expect to be named the head of the international megafirm’s United States litigation practice within the next two years.
A Bronx trial judge used a divorce case as an opportunity to warn law firms that they ought to be more careful when sending inexperienced lawyers to do pro bono…
In a case unusual both for its facts and its application of criminal law, a New York man was indicted today on 47 counts for allegedly impersonating his dead mother…
There appears to be little love lost between two prominent New York attorneys who are pitted against each other as witnesses in an ongoing Manhattan courtroom battle over $60 million…
The job market is grim right now for laid-off BigLaw attorneys and others seeking work, some 200 participants at a New York City Bar Association workshop sponsored by Vault were…
A lawyer who claims he was the paramour identified as “RS” on a blog of sexual exploits has been warned by a judge to back off on an ethics allegation…
A lavish jailhouse bar mitzvah complete with catered kosher food and a popular Orthodox singer is attracting the ire of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Brooklyn, N.Y., relationship seeker Sean McGinn has filed suit against the dating site Match.com, complaining that the company misleads members by posting profiles of individuals who aren’t paid members of…
The former chair of Sullivan & Cromwell’s trusts and estates practice lost his cool when questioned yesterday about his representation of both Brooke Astor and her son.
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