July 17, 2013
The trustee charged with winding down Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's estate brought in $99.6 million in settlements and recoveries since March and resolved more than half of the claims brought by creditors to date, according to a Tuesday court filing.
June 28, 2013
U.S. Bank NA on Thursday urged a New York bankruptcy judge to allow its $8 million claim for office equipment lease payments against the estate of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP stand, offering to reduce the amount by around $371,000 as required by the lease agreement.
June 20, 2013
The ride is finally over for most of the lawyers and other professionals involved in Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's bankruptcy, as a judge signed off Thursday on $16.9 million in fees they racked up since the case began in May 2012.
May 30, 2013
A New York bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved a $19.5 million settlement between Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's liquidation trust, the firm's former chairman and its primary insurer, two weeks after he first declined to rule on the proposal.
May 23, 2013
A former partner of Dewey Ballantine LLP — the predecessor of bankrupt Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP — with a pending claim against the firm for outstanding debt has called a proposed hearing delay abusive and unnecessary.
May 16, 2013
When Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP went down in flames less than a year ago, a consensual Chapter 11 plan seemed unthinkable — but some "brutal" work toward pacifying livid partners resulted in the relatively quick conclusion of the most infamous law firm bankruptcy in history, attorneys said Thursday.
May 13, 2013
A New York bankruptcy judge on Monday declined to rule on the $19.5 million settlement between Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's liquidation trust, the firm's former chairman and primary insurer following arguments between attorneys over the extent to which the deal bars third-party claims.
May 10, 2013
Two former leaders of bankrupt law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP asked a New York bankruptcy judge Thursday to stop the liquidating trustee from testifying at a Monday hearing, saying the trustee's counsel, Brown Rudnick LLP, has a conflict of interest in the case.
May 08, 2013
Bankrupt Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's liquidating trustee said Wednesday that a bid from two former firm executives to strike his declaration in support of a $19.5 million settlement of mismanagement claims was a "transparent attempt" to hold up approval of the deal.
May 02, 2013
Two ex-Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP executives on Thursday objected to a proposed $19.5 million agreement settling existing mismanagement claims, arguing that it would leave the firm's primary insurer with nothing left to defend against possible future claims.