August 06, 2014
The Second Circuit said Wednesday that Seyfarth Shaw LLP has no obligation to surrender earnings from former Thelen LLP partners, after hearing from the New York Court of Appeals that a lawyer's future billings aren't "unfinished business" under New York law.
November 15, 2013
The Second Circuit on Friday declined to rule on a bid by Thelen LLP's liquidating trustee to overturn a decision finding that he cannot recover fees earned by ex-partners from cases they brought to Seyfarth Shaw LLP when Thelen dissolved, saying a New York state court must first consider the issue.