The criminal trial against former Dewey & LeBoeuf leaders Steven Davis, Stephen DiCarmine and Joel Sanders is far from the only litigation to stem from the firm’s dramatic demise. Here are the chief ongoing disputes:
The SEC targets firm leaders: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has accused Davis, DiCarmine, Sanders, former finance director Frank Canellas and former controller Tom Mullikin of fraud, saying they used “a grab bag of accounting gimmicks” to present a false view of the firm’s finances in connection with its $150 million bond offering in 2010. The defendants deny the SEC’s claims.
