Firms Appeal Bankruptcy Court Summary Judgment Grant in Heller Clawback Suits

SAN FRANCISCO—A federal judge May 10 denied an interlocutory appeal of a bankruptcy judge granting summary judgment to the Heller Ehrman estate in clawback lawsuits for unfinished business proceeds from four law firms (Heller Ehrman LLP v. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, N.D. Cal., No. 3:13-cv-01775; Heller Ehrman LLP v. Jones Day, N.D. Cal. No. 3:13-cv-01891; Foley & Lardner LLP v. Heller Ehrman LLP, N.D. Cal., No. 3:13-01890; Davis Wright Tremaine LLP v. Heller Ehrman LLP, N.D. Cal., No. 3:13-cv-01892, order signed 5/10/13).

Judge Charles Breyer, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, ...