March 21, 2013
The trustee liquidating Howrey LLP's estate on Wednesday agreed to hold off on launching litigation against a group of former partners until September in the hopes that they can settle their disputes before they end up in court.
March 12, 2013
With the estate of Heller Ehrman LLP receiving the green light to pursue claims against the firms that picked up its ex-partners the same day that Howrey LLP's trustee fired off a slew of similar suits, experts say law firms may be more wary about hiring partners from dissolved firms going forward.
March 11, 2013
The trustee overseeing Howrey LLP's liquidation on Monday sued a slew of former partners and the firms they now work for, including Ropes & Gray LLP and Shearman & Sterling LLP, seeking the recovery of millions in allegedly fraudulent distributions and profits from client matters that began at Howrey.
January 23, 2013
A California bankruptcy judge on Friday certified a class of former Howrey LLP employees and appointed class representatives and counsel in a suit alleging the firm didn't give employees adequate notice before it laid them off.
January 08, 2013
An attorney for a Howrey LLP unsecured creditor on Monday blasted the Chapter 11 trustee's bid to stop a proposed class action targeting hundreds of equity security holders of the defunct law firm, saying the creditor has the right to file alter ego claims.
January 07, 2013
A former Howrey LLP employee who filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act class action against the defunct law firm filed a motion Friday in California bankruptcy court, contending she and her law firm are best suited to represent a class of former employees.
December 10, 2012
A Howrey LLP creditors committee on Friday asked a bankruptcy judge to disqualify a lawyer, their former co-counsel, from bringing a class action against more than 300 of the defunct law firm's ex-partners.
November 15, 2012
The Chapter 11 trustee in the Howrey LLP bankruptcy case on Thursday pressed a California judge to stop a proposed class action targeting hundreds of equity security holders of the defunct firm, saying the suit interferes with the estate's own recoveries and violates the automatic stay.
November 01, 2012
A Howrey LLP unsecured creditor on Thursday targeted hundreds of equity security holders of the defunct law firm in a proposed class action claiming the equity holders had funneled the firm's funds to themselves in the years leading up the firm's bankruptcy.
August 27, 2012
Howrey LLP's bankruptcy trustee on Friday asked a California federal judge for a subpoena of the defunct firm's former chief financial officer, saying he was "uniquely qualified" to help the trustee understand the firm's finances and what drove it to ruin.