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1:12-bk-12321

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New York Southern

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  1. January 30, 2014

    Dewey Trustee Seeks $1M In Clawbacks From 4 Ex-Partners

    The bankruptcy trustee for defunct law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP hit four of the firm's former equity partners with separate adversary complaints in New York bankruptcy court Wednesday, seeking a combined total of more than $1 million in distributions in its latest clawback actions.

  2. January 28, 2014

    Dewey Gave Bad Advice On Tax Shelter, $6M Suit Says

    An accountant who says his attorneys at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP gave him bad legal advice about a tax shelter is seeking retribution for the $5.8 million the Internal Revenue Service is forcing him to pay for misreporting his investment, according to an adversary proceeding filed in New York bankruptcy court Tuesday.

  3. January 27, 2014

    Dewey's WARN Defenses Fall Flat, Laid-Off Workers Say

    Former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP employees suing the defunct law firm for allegedly failing to provide adequate notice of mass layoffs before it entered bankruptcy urged a New York court Friday to reject arguments that would excuse the firm from not meeting federal and state layoff requirements.

  4. January 21, 2014

    Dewey Trustee Sues FedEx To Get Back Payments

    The trustee overseeing Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's liquidation hit Federal Express Corp. with a lawsuit in New York bankruptcy court Friday, seeking the return of payments the now-defunct law firm had made shortly before entering bankruptcy in May 2012.

  5. January 10, 2014

    Dewey Continues Clawback Spree With $12M Adversary Suit

    Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's trustee hit a former partner with an adversary complaint for nearly $13 million in New York bankruptcy court Friday, claiming the partner continued to receive bonuses and other distributions after the firm's insolvency based on profits that never materialized.

  6. January 09, 2014

    Dewey Trustee Sues Two Ex-Partners For $1.3M In Clawbacks

    The Bankruptcy Trustee for defunct law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP hit two of the firm's former equity partners, now principals for McKool Smith, with separate adversary complaints in New York bankruptcy court on Thursday, seeking a combined total of nearly $1.3 million in distributions.

  7. January 08, 2014

    Ex-Dewey Partners Say Trustee Stalling Claims Objections

    Two of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's former partners on Wednesday objected to the Dewey liquidation trustee's request to extend the period allowed for claims objections, arguing that the delay could allow the trustee to stagger his adversary suits against former partners.

  8. December 13, 2013

    Dewey Can Subpoena Law Firms In Partner Bonus Disputes

    A New York bankruptcy judge on Thursday allowed Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP to subpoena dozens of law firms to produce documents and appear for examinations over adversary complaints accusing its former partners of receiving bonuses after the firm's insolvency.

  9. December 02, 2013

    Dewey & LeBoeuf Hits 5 More Partners With Clawback Suits

    Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's trustee hit five former equity partners with adversary complaints for nearly $5.5 million in New York bankruptcy court Monday, claiming the partners had continued to receive bonuses and other distributions after the firm's insolvency based on profits that never materialized.

  10. November 27, 2013

    Dewey Trustee Hits Firm's Ex-Director, CFO With $37M Suit

    The liquidating trustee for Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP on Wednesday slammed two of the defunct firm's former top executives with a lawsuit seeking a combined $37.2 million in judgments based on allegations that they received outlandish payments while the firm was insolvent.