The Federal Bureau of Investigation has a warning for attorneys and law firms: Cybercriminals are posing as lawyers to offer cryptocurrency recovery services to victims of investment scams, but instead steal their money and personal information. Dr. Ilia Kolochenko, a partner and cybersecurity practice lead with Platt Law in its Washington, D.C.…

Last June, a federal jury in Camden New Jersey said a white Starbucks manager had been scapegoated for a racially-charged and widely publicized incident and determined that the coffee mega-chain needed to pay its former employee $25.6 million for the way it treated her. The case was unusual for several reasons,…

Debevoise & Plimpton prevailed on behalf of private equity client One Rock Capital Partners LLC in a bankruptcy lawsuit against Invesco Senior Secured Management Inc. over transactions with an affiliated company. After a rigorous six-day trial in the Southern District of Texas Bankruptcy Court, Judge Christopher Lopez issued a 122-page…

Freshfields Bruckhaus & Deringer has added Steven Matays, the head of the New York tax practice at Skadden, Arps, Meagher, Slate & Flom, the international firm said Thursday. Matays is the latest transactional hire at Freshfields, as the U.K.-founded firm pushes to gain market share in the U.S.

Last June, a federal jury in Camden New Jersey said a white Starbucks manager had been scapegoated for a racially-charged and widely publicized incident and determined that the coffee mega-chain needed to pay its former employee $25.6 million for the way it treated her. The case was unusual for several reasons,…

Midsize litigation firm Walden Macht & Haran has grown from just a few partners in 2015 to now about 50 lawyers and gross revenue of about $40 million. Now the firm is ready to add another name partner: Milt Williams, who has been practicing at the firm since 2017. The firm, effectively now, will…