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1:12-bk-12321

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New York Southern

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  1. June 04, 2014

    Dewey Trustee Wants Clawback Row Kept In Bankruptcy Court

    The trustee for bankrupt law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP asked a New York district court on Wednesday to deny a former partner's motion to continue clawback proceedings outside of bankruptcy court.

  2. May 22, 2014

    Dewey Trustee Sues Former Partner For $1M

    The trustee for now-defunct law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP on Thursday filed an adversary proceeding against former partner Vivian Polak, seeking to get back nearly $1 million Polak received in three payments between 2009 and 2012.

  3. May 20, 2014

    Dewey Trust Sues To Recover Payments To Ernst & Young

    Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's liquidation trust on Monday sued Ernst & Young LLP in the hope of recovering allegedly preferential transfers made shortly before the law firm entered bankruptcy.

  4. May 13, 2014

    Dewey Trustee Fires Off 11 Clawback Suits Worth $22M

    Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's liquidating trustee filed 11 adversary proceedings in New York bankruptcy court on Tuesday, in an attempt to claw back roughly $22.5 million in payments allegedly paid to its equity partners and others while the debtor was insolvent.

  5. April 17, 2014

    Dewey & LeBoeuf Trustee Hits PR Firm With Clawback Suit

    Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's liquidating trustee filed an adversary proceeding in New York bankruptcy court on Thursday in an attempt to claw back payments to corporate communications consultant Sitrick Brincko Group LLC, arguing they were made while the debtor was insolvent.

  6. April 11, 2014

    Dewey's Defenses In WARN Suit Don't Hold Up, Judge Says

    Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP may not rely on two exceptions to the federal and New York Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to defend itself in a class action launched by workers who were laid off shortly before the firm went under, a bankruptcy judge ruled Thursday.

  7. March 31, 2014

    Dewey Trustee Slaps Ex-COO With $9M Clawback Suit

    The liquidating trustee for Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP on Friday sued the firm's former chief operating officer, seeking to claw back more than $9 million doled out under an "astronomically generous" compensation package.

  8. March 20, 2014

    Dewey Execs Can't Stall Bankruptcy Litigation For Long

    A bankruptcy judge on Thursday told attorneys for two former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP executives that he will not allow the recent criminal charges they were hit with to substantially delay other litigation pending against them in his court.

  9. February 19, 2014

    Ex-Dewey Partners May Unite On Clawback Discovery

    Former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP partners who have been hit with clawback litigation in recent months may team up to coordinate their discovery efforts connected to common issues among the individual complaints, most notably the question of when the firm became insolvent, attorneys said Wednesday.

  10. February 10, 2014

    Dewey Trustee Sues 5 More Ex-Partners For $2.5M

    The liquidating trustee for Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP continued his clawback litigation blitz on Friday when he hit five more former equity partners with lawsuits, seeking a combined $2.5 million from them.

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