Boston Executive Search Associates, Inc. v. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:17-cv-10123

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Contract: Other

Judge:

Lorna G. Schofield

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  1. September 19, 2018

    Simpson Thacher And Recruiting Firm Settle Payment Row

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and a legal recruiter on Tuesday confidentially settled a nearly $1 million dispute in Manhattan federal court over the firm's alleged nonpayment for the placement of a bankruptcy partner, closing the book on a sticky discovery dispute regarding internal firm communications.

  2. August 21, 2018

    Judge Questions Simpson Thacher In-House Attys' Role

    A Manhattan federal judge hearing a legal recruiter's nonpayment lawsuit against Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP raised questions Tuesday about the role of "co-administrative partners" at the law firm whose emails are apparently at the center of a discovery dispute.

  3. March 06, 2018

    Recruiter Told To Amend Simpson Thacher Search-Fee Suit

    A New York federal judge has urged an attorney recruiter that accused Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP of failing to pay a $937,500 matchmaking bill to amend its complaint against the law firm, saying at a Tuesday hearing it could narrow the dispute and get the case moving.

  4. January 02, 2018

    Simpson Thacher Accused Of Owing $937K To Recruiting Firm

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has been sued for $937,500 in New York federal court by a legal recruiter that claims it's owed a search fee for introducing the firm to a lateral partner candidate who joined its bankruptcy practice last fall.

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