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The chief judges of California's four federal districts discussed the adjustment period on the horizon—including the possible loss of some popular remote proceedings—during a panel discussion last week.

After O'Melveny knocked out Evangelisto Ramos' prior 10-2 conviction on second degree murder charges, partner Rebecca Mermelstein this past week won a unanimous "not guilty" verdict alongside local co-counsel Sarah Chervinsky in New Orleans.

Wins by litigators at Gibson Dunn, Hogan Lovells, Kirkland & Ellis, and Morgan Lewis lead this week's line-up.

Judge Anthony Battaglia and Judge Edward Davila offered up some useful trial pointers for lawyers yesterday as part of a panel discussion at the fifth annual Class Action Law Forum at the University of San Diego School of Law.

Sysco last month fired Boies Schiller Flexner partner Scott Gant after the company feuded with Burford Capital, the litigation funder financing the antitrust litigation Gant was handling.

Morrison & Foerster partner David Cross lays out five fundamental objectives for long-term success as a litigator.

"I think there will always be an element of being certain that our practitioners are fluent in the technology that is being used so that they can advocate wherever they need to advocate," says Sascha Henry, co-leader of the business trial practice group at Sheppard Mullin.

Laura Harris, Sumon Dantiki and Andrew Michaelson of King & Spalding won case-terminating sanctions and a fee award of more than $500,000 against two Russian defendants accused of infecting a network of computers with malware to mine cryptocurrency and steal user information.

A Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton team led by partners Lev Dassin, Roger Cooper, Rishi Zutshi and Lina Bensman takes home the top runners-up spot

"I feel so lucky to have gone in-house to McDonald's," says Levy, senior counsel at McDonald's, who has been with the company since 1997. "We worked incredibly hard on very interesting cases and issues, many of which are in the news, but it is easier to achieve work-life balance here."

Digging into the results of Carlton Fields' 12th annual class action survey with John Clabby, the head of the firm's securities litigation and enforcement practice.

"What I'm most proud of about this case is how this team combined procedural maneuvers, patent law nuances and persuasive advocacy," said Gibson Dunn partner Brian Rosenthal.

"Our understanding of technology also helps us break down complicated issues into digestible chunks, which is critical to persuading judges and juries," says Hung, noting the firm has more than 130 lawyers and patent agents with technical degrees and experience.

The deal, which included $1.2 billion from TD Bank, brings the total recoveries achieved by a Baker Botts team led by partner Kevin Sadler to more than $2.7 billion in litigation stemming from Allen Stanford's Ponzi scheme.

Lead runners-up at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher got the first directed verdict of no infringement from U.S. District Judge Alan Albright in Waco, Texas.

Steve Cirami, the head of the class action team at fintech company Broadridge, says last year's surge in activity was just "the tip of the iceberg" in terms of what to expect in cross-border, global settlements.

Catharine Du Bois who teaches legal writing at Brooklyn Law School says there are some conscious deliberate steps lawyers can take to become more persuasive writers.

It's that time of year again: The flow of law firm financial reporting at The American Lawyer has hit a steady stream. You can follow along for the

U.S. District Judge Frank Volk on AI and the law: "This is something we need to be on the cutting edge of or we're going to get cut with it."

Phyllis Jones, Michael Imbroscio, David Sneed and their colleagues at Covington & Burling convinced a federal judge in Texas to pull the plug on a trial against The Hain Celestial Co. last week due to a lack of expert evidence on general causation.