Former rainmaker sues Pillsbury
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Philip Heller was brought into the Los Angeles office of San Francisco-based Pillsbury, Madison and Sutro as a lateral hire on the strength of his reputation as a skilled rainmaker. He is suing the firm for forcing him out in slightly less than a year in a manner designed to ensure that he will not be a competitive worry for the firm. Pillsbury declines much comment while the litigation is pending but points out that Heller had left several firms after short stints.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1993
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Firm sues ex-client for liability; L.A. case first of its kind?
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Hughes Hubbard and Reed has sued Shearson Lehman Brothers for potential civil liability, for not taking the law firm's advice and not making it privy to important information. The offering of securities for the limited partnership Houston Biotech Partners in 1987 and 1988 is the specific matter at issue. The lawsuit follows a 1991 suit in which Shearson alleged that Hughes Hubbard's negligence was the reason the underwriter missed a securities sale's deadline.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1992
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Was she too big, too black for L.A. firm? Ex-administrator joins her suit, saying she was forced by partners to fire the clerk
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The law firm's former administrator, Lauren D. Lucier and a black mail clerk Lucier claims she was forced to fire, Sherrye A. Phelps, are suing Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois and Bisgaard for alleged wrongful dismissal. Lucier joined Phelps's suit when it became clear the firm would sue her to recoup some of the cost of Phelps's severance package. The firm's suit was thrown out.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1995
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