Pepper Hamilton Lures Five From Linklaters for White-Collar Litigation Group

By Christine Simmons All Articles 

New York Law Journal

February 28, 2013

A group of five Linklaters attorneys has joined Pepper Hamilton's white-collar litigation and investigations group in New York. Philadelphia-based Pepper Hamilton said Larry Byrne and Ruth Harlow are now partners and former Linklaters associates Martin Bloor and Linda Regis-Hallinan will join as of counsel in Pepper's white-collar practice. The new group from Linklaters also includes an associate. The firm's New York office now numbers about 40 lawyers.

Byrne also will become a managing director of the Freeh Group International Solutions, a risk management firm founded by former FBI Director Louis Freeh and acquired last year by Pepper Hamilton. A former federal prosecutor, Byrne served as head of Linklaters' U.S. litigation practice from 2006 to 2011 and co-managing partner of the New York office from 2007 to 2011. He represents clients involved in government and internal investigations, as well as related trial and appellate matters. Harlow focuses on regulatory investigations and complex commercial litigation.

Pepper Hamilton Lures Five From Linklaters for White-Collar Litigation Group

By Christine Simmons All Articles 

New York Law Journal

February 28, 2013

A group of five Linklaters attorneys has joined Pepper Hamilton's white-collar litigation and investigations group in New York. Philadelphia-based Pepper Hamilton said Larry Byrne and Ruth Harlow are now partners and former Linklaters associates Martin Bloor and Linda Regis-Hallinan will join as of counsel in Pepper's white-collar practice. The new group from Linklaters also includes an associate. The firm's New York office now numbers about 40 lawyers.

Byrne also will become a managing director of the Freeh Group International Solutions, a risk management firm founded by former FBI Director Louis Freeh and acquired last year by Pepper Hamilton. A former federal prosecutor, Byrne served as head of Linklaters' U.S. litigation practice from 2006 to 2011 and co-managing partner of the New York office from 2007 to 2011. He represents clients involved in government and internal investigations, as well as related trial and appellate matters. Harlow focuses on regulatory investigations and complex commercial litigation.

You're the Boss Blog: How Do You Handle Employee Litigation?

Monica Almeida/The New York Times Jeffrey Herold: “It didn’t make good business sense to settle. We did nothing wrong.”What small-business owners think.

For many small-business owners, it has become conventional wisdom that the best way to deal with employee litigation is to settle quickly and move on, regardless of whether the owner or the company has done anything wrong. But that was not the approach taken recently by Jeffrey Herold of West Coast Trends.

When Mr. Herold was sued, he decided to take the case to trial, which eventually led his former employee to drop his settlement demands to $10,000. Mr. Herold agreed to settle,  but only if the former employee and his lawyer signed letters of apology indicating that the case should never have been filed.

We’ve just published a small-business guide that explains how the case played out and offers some suggestions on how owners can protect themselves. One suggestion from Mr. Herold: if you are not in the right, “Just settle and get it over with.”

Please read the guide and tell us: Have you been sued by an employee? What have you learned about handling such cases?