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Law Practice

Aug. 14, 2012

Dewey dissolution team brings sweetened settlement

Former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP partners are skeptical of a sweetened settlement deal proposed by the Dewey estate that would absolve former partners from potential litigation and help pay off creditors.


By Kevin Lee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP estate has added a couple of sweeteners to a settlement deal that would absolve former partners from potential litigation while providing the estate up to $90 million to pay off creditors.


Dewey partners also have until Tuesday, an extra day past the extended deadline, to decide whether to opt in to the modified deal, according to two former firm partners who participated in a...

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