June 14, 2012
A former partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf has sued a group of the law firm’s ex-leaders for fraud, saying they ran the now-bankrupt firm as a Ponzi scheme to benefit themselves. Henry Bunsow, an intellectual property lawyer in San Francisco, …
May 29, 2012
The crippled law firm Dewey & Leboeuf LLP filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday night and will seek approval to liquidate its business after failing to find a merger partner, marking the biggest collapse of a law firm in …
May 29, 2012
For eight years, hundreds of victims of militant attacks in Israel have pursued litigation against a Jordanian bank they claim provided financial services to Hamas and other militant groups. Now the plaintiffs have a new legal hurdle to overcome: the …
May 18, 2012
The DLA Piper law firm announced that a group of lawyers led by partners Joyce Chan and Heng Loong Cheong will join its Hong Kong office from Dewey & LeBoeuf. The move signals yet another step in the meltdown of …
May 15, 2012
N.Y.-headquartered law firm Sutherland Asbill & Brennan said it is continuing to expand the firm’s insurance practice with the addition of Ellen Dunn to the firm’s litigation group in New York. She served as co-head of Dewey & LeBoeuf’s U.S. …
May 14, 2012
It was a tale of doom foretold in a pie chart. On Jan. 27, Dewey & LeBoeuf’s partners were summoned to a meeting on the 22nd floor of the law firm’s New York City headquarters to discuss the firm’s finances. …
May 11, 2012
Dewey & LeBoeuf has terminated about 450 people at its New York office effective today, May 11, according to a lawsuit filed by an employee who complained the law firm failed to give her adequate notice. The employees received notice …
May 3, 2012
A number of insurance attorneys from N.Y.-headquartered elite law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf have left the company this year, as the firm, well-known for its insurance work, grapples with high debt and partner compensation issues. This week, law firm DLA …
April 20, 2012
Elite New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf has hired a prominent bankruptcy attorney as it struggles with high debt and partner defections, according to two attorneys at other law firms who have knowledge of the matter. Albert Togut , …