Tag Archives: Dewey & LeBoeuf

Unfinished Business Doctrine in NY

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Steve Robinson

I wrote blogs last year about the unfinished business doctrine as applied to defunct law firms.  To summarize: I am strongly against it, both on legal grounds and on practical, economic grounds. Now we await a major decision in the … Continue reading →

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Dewey, the Unfinished Business Doctrine, and Judicial Vindication!

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Steve Robinson

In July 2012, I wrote two blog pieces about a disturbing and growing problem: the claims of defunct law firms and their bankruptcy trustees to grab the fees earned by other law firms where the defunct firms’  attorneys had migrated … Continue reading →

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Dewey & LeBoeuf — Continued

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Steve Robinson

A few additional notes on the matter I blogged about last week: the efforts of the CRO in the Dewey bankruptcy to seek profits realized by those law firms that took in departing Dewey partners and completed work that began … Continue reading →

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Dewey & LeBoeuf, TDRPC 1.15, Fiduciary Duty, Contract and Equity

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Steve Robinson

Earlier this year, I posted an article on our FB account (which, when I trace it down, I will note here) about the trustee in a law firm bankruptcy winning its assertion that departed partners of the defunct law firm … Continue reading →

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