This past weekend a group of fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers gathered in Chicago to help lawyers aspiring to be part of the next generation of trial advocates.
Paul Schmidt, Andrew Stanner and Laura Flahive Wu of Covington & Burling discuss the challenge of staying on top of the all-encompassing assignment that's called on 50 lawyers at any given time.
Karen Leetzow, the federation's chief legal officer, discusses the "Rubik's cube" of litigation and collective bargaining that led to last week's announcement of new deals with the men's and women's national teams, alongside her lead labor negotiator Nicole Buffalano of Morgan Lewis and her lead litigator Jamie Wine of Latham & Watkins.
Jason Sheasby and Lisa Glasser of Irell & Manella scored a $218.45 million damages verdict in Marshall, Texas, last week for USAA against PNC Bank. They previously won jury verdicts of $200 million and $102 million in 2019 and 2020 in cases against Wells Fargo Bank.
Our first runners-up at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Greenberg Traurig, and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman got a last-minute temporary restraining order barring the town of East Hampton, New York, from moving forward with plans to close its public airport.
Plaintiff's lawyers preferred a vaccinated jury, but defense lawyers were firmly opposed to the idea. U.S. District Judge William Orrick, who previously told lawyers "we'll just have everybody come in" if they didn't reach an agreement, issued an order on Wednesday, saying: "I meant what I said."
The appellate court found that under the emergency orders, Jacks' appeal was filed in a timely manner and should not have been denied in the general district court, the opinion said.
"The 'Warranty' entry is not at all distinct from other entries such as 'poultry'" in the owner's manual, the judge wrote, allowing claims to proceed against manufacturer NuWave.
Despite having only four federal judges, Delaware is a "consistent leader" among patent litigation jurisdictions, according to a Morris Nichols lawyer.
A romance novel by Judge Wilkinson raises eyebrows, but he says creative writing helps him as a judge and makes his legal writing fresher and more accessible.
Michael Sussmann sought to recruit James Baker to Perkins Coie after Baker left the FBI. On Thursday, Baker took the stand as a key witness in the case against Sussmann.
"The only thing consistent about [Musk] is the sense that he's always going to surprise you. He's a rather unusual person, but that's part of what makes him so intriguing," said Charles Elson, a corporate governance expert.
A team led by partner Scott Stevens and associates Karlee Wroblewski and Nicholas Marais persuaded jurors that Redfin didn't infringe a rival's patents on 3D tours—and that all of the asserted claims are invalid.
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