Bloomberg Law
June 6, 2016, 1:57 PM UTC

The Dewey & LeBoeuf Case, Manhattan’s Latest Musical Satire

Casey Sullivan

The Dewey & LeBoeuf case has become a satirical musical?

The criminal prosecution of three former Dewey executives over charges they cooked the books of the now-defunct law firm is the inspiration behind a musical to be performed at Debevoise & Plimpton on Wednesday.

The performance will provide an ethics lesson for CLE credit, reports The New York Law Journal .

“The musical loosely draws on the background of the Dewey case. A narrator describes how two large firms, Dewey Cheatem and Howe LLP merged with Beef, Mutton & Suet P.C., to form Dewey Suet.

When the firm collapses, the district ...

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