August 01, 2014
Judge P. Kevin Castel's recent order for Chartwell Law Offices lawyers to enroll in basic law classes after a firm partner gamed his way into federal court did not mark the first time the Manhattan jurist has taken umbrage at jurisdictional shenanigans, but the unusual punishment was a clear signal that bending the rules will carry increasing risk.
July 30, 2014
A federal judge has handed an unusual punishment to Chartwell Law Offices LLP after partner William H. Grae knowingly violated a rule forbidding in-state litigants from bouncing cases to federal court, ordering partners at the commercial litigation firm to take classes on jurisdiction and removals.