May 20, 2013
The trustee for defunct law firm Howrey LLP on Monday filed a motion in California bankruptcy court seeking permission to pursue claims against Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, Cooley LLP, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Bunsow De Mory Smith & Allison LLP, Dickinson Wright PLLC and Paul Hastings LLP, for "unfinished business."
May 14, 2013
A California bankruptcy judge on Saturday squashed Haynes and Boone LLP's bid to take to a Washington, D.C., court its fight with Howrey LLP over profits from work it inherited when it hired one of the collapsed law firm's former partners.
May 13, 2013
Defunct law firm Howrey LLP launched a series of suits in California bankruptcy court Friday against four law firms, including Jones Day and Hogan Lovells, claiming that the firms owed it profits from completing client matters that originated at Howrey.
April 24, 2013
A California bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved Howrey LLP's settlements with Holland & Knight LLP and Fenwick & West LLP that wrap up unfinished-business claims but leave individual attorneys who left Howrey for the other two firms open to potential clawback claims.
April 19, 2013
The creditors committee for bankrupt Washington-based law firm Howrey LLP objected Thursday to Haynes and Boone LLP's attempt to get a judge in D.C. to rule on whether it can keep profits brought in by a former Howrey partner, calling their plan an effort to "forum shop."
April 08, 2013
A California bankruptcy judge ruled Monday that a Howrey LLP unsecured creditor cannot bring a class action in federal court to try to hold the firm's former equity security holders accountable for its downfall.
April 08, 2013
Howrey LLP's liquidation trustee on Friday sued seven more law firms that hired the defunct firm's partners, including Hunton & Williams LLP and Haynes and Boone LLP, in an effort to collect profits they made from former Howrey client matters.
April 02, 2013
Haynes and Boone LLP on Tuesday sought permission from the California bankruptcy judge overseeing Howrey LLP's liquidation to file suit in Washington court to determine whether a former Howrey partner who joined it had to account for unfinished hourly work upon Howrey's collapse.
March 26, 2013
Howrey LLP's Chapter 11 trustee reached settlements Friday with Holland & Knight LLP and Fenwick & West LLP resolving unfinished business claims, though the individual attorneys who left Howrey for the other two firms are not off the hook with respect to clawback claims.
March 22, 2013
The trustee overseeing Howrey LLP's liquidation on Thursday urged a California bankruptcy court to reject an unsecured creditor's latest effort to hold the firm's former equity security holders accountable for its downfall by seeking permission to launch a class action in federal district court.