December 15, 2011
Bankrupt law firm Heller Ehrman LLP agreed Wednesday to settle a $6.7 million malpractice claim brought by Oliver Hilsenrath, the ousted CEO of a defunct technology company who accused the firm of botching his defense in a criminal securities fraud case.
December 13, 2011
A California federal judge ruled Tuesday that adversary proceedings accusing multiple law firms of indulging in improper business transfers when they snapped up attorneys from the bankrupt Heller Ehrman LLP can remain in bankruptcy court.
November 01, 2011
Heller Ehrman LLP filed a multimillion-dollar malpractice suit in California on Monday accusing Greenberg Traurig LLP and a partner there who represented the liquidating firm prior to its bankruptcy of failing to fulfill their obligations and thereby worsening the debtor's bankruptcy outlook.
October 12, 2011
Wham-O Inc. agreed to pay $500,000 on Wednesday to settle claims by bankrupt law firm Heller Ehrman LLP that the toy-maker breached a 2007 agreement by failing to cough up nearly $2.3 million in legal fees.
September 28, 2011
Eight law firms agreed Tuesday to pay Heller Ehrman LLP $2.3 million to settle allegations that they benefited from improper business transfers when they snapped up attorneys from the defunct firm, which is currently in the process of liquidation in California bankruptcy court.
August 16, 2011
Covington & Burling LLP and Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing LP won a bankruptcy judge's approval Thursday to end two suits brought by Heller Ehrman LLP over allegedly unpaid legal costs, agreeing to provide $8.5 million to creditors of the liquidating firm.
August 02, 2011
Heller Ehrman LLP said Monday in a California bankruptcy court that commercial real estate company CB Richard Ellis Inc. was wrong to request a $3 million commission for selling the defunct firm's New York office, arguing that the figure was actually $325,000.
July 21, 2011
Heller Ehrman LLP on Tuesday reached a nearly $5 million settlement in California with Covington & Burling LLP and a group of former Heller intellectual property lawyers accused of breaching their employment contracts when they transferred to Covington after Heller filed for bankruptcy.
July 19, 2011
Former Heller Ehrman LLP client Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing LP has agreed to pay $4 million and drop a $50 million claim that the law firm breached an agreement to represent it in numerous patent suits, Heller told a California bankruptcy court Monday.