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Timber Co. Revives Debevoise Malpractice ClaimsLaw360 (subscription)Law360, New York (June 19, 2013, 7:53 PM ET) -- Green forestry company Candlewood Timber Group LLC on Monday revived legal malpractice claims accusing Debevoise & Plimpton LLC of allowing false testimony in a fee suit it launched against …

Author presents 'Song Without Words: Discovering my Deafness Halfway …Boston.comGerald Shea has lived most of his life in New York and in Paris, and practiced law in both cities for many years with Debevoise & Plimpton as a member of the New York and Paris bars. While at Phillips Academy he studied with Dudley Fitts, and at Yale …

Kate Spade Saturday doesn't infringe on Saturdays Surf: judgeThomson Reuters News & InsightThe case is Kate Spade v. Saturdays Surf, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, No. 12-9260. For Kate Spade: David Bernstein, Megan Bannigan and Rayna Feldman of Debevoise & Plimpton. For Saturdays Surf: Robert Weisbein, Andrew …and more »

Debevoise & Plimpton | Debevoise Given “Law Firm Leadership Award” by …Linex Legal (registration) (press release)Sanctuary for Families, a New York-based direct service and advocacy organization working with survivors of domestic violence, sex trafficking and their children, has honored Debevoise & Plimpton LLP with its “Law Firm Leadership Award” for the firm's …

The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200The American LawyerDebevoise & Plimpton expands its bankruptcy and restructuring group; Littler Mendelson poaches from labor and employment rival Jackson Lewis; and DLA Piper sheds an insurance group in England. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements …

Debevoise & Plimpton | Debevoise strengthens London litigation team with …Linex Legal (registration) (press release)Debevoise & Plimpton LLP today announced that Richard Lawton is joining the firm's London office as an international counsel. Mr Lawton will join from Herbert Smith Freehills, where he was a senior associate in the firm's litigation team. Mr Lawton …

Ashurst, A&O among advisers on Doughty's £935m Vue cinema saleLegal WeekAllen & Overy (A&O), Ashurst, Debevoise & Plimpton and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom have all taken roles on the £935m sale of cinema chain Vue Entertainment by private equity firm Doughty Hanson to two Canadian investor groups.A&O, Ashurst join US duo on £935m Vue cinema saleThe Lawyerall 57 news articles »

Essex Court defeats Debevoise's Goldsmith in Supreme CourtThe LawyerThe ruling marks a loss for Debevoise & Plimpton partner Peter Goldsmith QC, who was brought in at the Supreme Court to lead the case for Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant JSC (JSC) (10 April 2013). Goldsmith was defeated by Essex Court Chambers' …and more »

APA commissioner saluted as he retiresThe Adirondack Daily EnterpriseWray retired as a full-time senior partner at the law firm Debevoise & Plimpton in 1997. Before that, he served as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark. Wray is also an adjunct professor at New York Law School and is a former board …

President's choice for SEC has daunting taskFinancial TimesSince stepping down as US attorney in 2002, she has led the litigation department at Debevoise & Plimpton, a Manhattan law firm, where she represented Rajat Gupta, a former Goldman Sachs board member as he tried to ward off criminal charges, and …