February 20, 2013
A New York bankruptcy judge on Wednesday tossed part of a subpoena that would have forced former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP executives to turn over documents related to the defunct firm's partner contribution settlements, but the executives will still likely be called to testify at the fast-approaching plan confirmation hearing.
February 13, 2013
Defunct megafirm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP was hit with another round of objections to its proposed liquidation plan Wednesday, including one from former employees who said the proposal fails to ensure they're compensated for being laid off without proper notice.
February 12, 2013
Two former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP partners on Tuesday objected to the bankrupt law firm's plan for liquidation, alleging the plan's partner contribution settlement agreements were purposely designed to fleece ex-partners.
February 12, 2013
A lawsuit alleging that mass layoffs at defunct law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP broke worker notice laws can go forward as a class action for now, a New York bankruptcy judge said Monday.
February 08, 2013
The bankruptcy trustee overseeing Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's liquidation has reached a settlement with two groups of retired partners who opposed a $71.5 million partner contribution plan, agreeing to return some retirement benefits and pay they received before the firm's 2012 collapse.
January 28, 2013
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP on Friday struck a deal that will force a group of former intellectual property partners to share their future fees for a client still in patent litigation with the erstwhile firm, while also delaying a contentious battle with one of the partners who had accused the firm leaders of fraud before its collapse.
January 25, 2013
A New York federal bankruptcy judge Friday approved a €5.3 million ($7.1 million) settlement reached by the estate of the bankrupt Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP with former partners of the firm's Italian practice who left Dewey before it filed for bankruptcy in 2012.
January 24, 2013
A New York bankruptcy judge appeared unconvinced Thursday by Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's bid to chuck putative class allegations over the mass layoffs connected to the firm's bankruptcy last year, despite Dewey's argument that they belong in the Chapter 11 claims process.
January 23, 2013
Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP asked a New York bankruptcy court Wednesday to approve $1.2 million in fees for representing the official committee of former partners in Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's bankruptcy, saying the charges are proper and should be allowed despite the U.S. trustee's objections.
January 22, 2013
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP shot back Friday at former employees' putative class action over mass layoffs that accompanied its bankruptcy filing last year, insisting the allegations must be filed as claims in the Chapter 11 proceeding rather than as an adversary proceeding.