Reported by: JOE PATRICE

Dechert’s long-running Neil Gerrard headache continues.

It all started when the firm’s former white collar practice chief Gerrard began working for the Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (he began working for ENRC at DLA Piper, but brought the engagement with him when he lateraled to Dechert). ENRC hired Gerrard to conduct an internal investigation into its Kazakhstan operations.

Now an unrelated new lawsuit in the Southern District of New York against Dechert and Gerrard among others seeks “total damages in excess of $100 million” for obstruction, witness tampering, money laundering, mail and bank fraud, and… yes… doing the RICO.

Read full report: https://abovethelaw.com/2022/10/100-million-fraud-money-laundering-suit-brought-against-biglaw-firm/