As the courts continue to cope with the pandemic and the current delta variant surge, flexibility is the watchword of the moment for any trial lawyer.

That’s my takeaway from a conversation I had Monday with Michele Johnson, the global chair of the litigation and trial department at Latham & Watkins, and her partner Peter Wald. The pair scored a defense verdict last week for client NextGen Healthcare Inc. in Orange County, California, in an unusual state court securities case the company was facing from former board member Ahmed Hussein. You can read the details about Hussein’s novel $400 million “holder” claim against the company, which was formerly known as Quality Systems, over at the “On the Case” column my friend and former colleague Alison Frankel writes for Reuters.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]