September 09, 2024
Ballard Spahr to Merge With Seattle's Lane Powell
The tie-up will go into effect at the start of 2025, and the combined firm will have more than 750 attorneys in 18 U.S. offices.
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Ex-Major, Lindsey & Africa Leader Joins CenterPeak, Formerly Johnson Downie and Lippman Jungers
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Partner Leigh M. Skipper of Duane Morris has entered an appearance for United Parks & Resorts Inc. d/b/a Sesame Place Philadelphia in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The action was filed July 25 in Pennsylvania Eastern District Court by Kwartler Manus on behalf of two children and their parents who were allegedly subject to race-based discrimination. The complaint contends that the defendant's Sesame Street character performers did not interact with the children due to race-based discrimination. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Nitza I. Quinones Alejandro, is 2:24-cv-03322, Sudler et al v. United Parks & Resorts Inc.
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Brooks R. Brown and Laura Brys of Goodwin Procter have stepped in as defense counsel to Rocket Mortgage LLC in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The action was filed July 26 in California Central District Court by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund on behalf of Miguel Estrada Avila. The suit contends that Rocket Mortgage has a practice of imposing arbitrary additional requirements on financial product applicants who are not United States citizens, including DACA recipients such as the plaintiff. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge James V. Selna, is 8:24-cv-01645, Miguel Estrada Avila v. Rocket Mortgage, LLC.
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Hillary L. Freesmeier of Baker & Hostetler and Taylor English Duma partner Mark B. Carter have stepped in to represent Community Health Systems, a Tennessee-based general hospital corporation, and Privia Medical Group of Georgia in a pending data breach class action. The complaint, filed July 25 in Georgia Southern District Court by the Withers Law Firm, Lynch Carpenter and Gibson Consumer Law Group, centers on a June 2023 cyberattack that allegedly exposed the personally identifying and private health data of approximately 32,000 individuals. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge R. Stan Baker, is 4:24-cv-00159, Whatley v. SouthCoast Medical Group, LLC et al.
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Tracy A. Armstrong of Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer has entered an appearance for LD Natural Care and Yakun Luan in a pending class action over alleged wage-and-hour violations. The case, filed July 24 in New Jersey District Court by Troy Law, accuses the defendants of failing to pay overtime and minimum wages. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Michael A. Shipp, is 3:24-cv-07988, Qiu v. LD Natural Care Inc et al.
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Wilson Elser partner Christine A. Knipper and Bowman and Brooke's executive managing partner Kim M. Schmid have stepped in to represent Medtronic, the medical device manufacturer, and other defendants in a pending product liability lawsuit. The case was filed July 25 in Massachusetts District Court by Decof, Mega & Quinn on behalf of Olga J. Rivera and Edward Rivera, who contends that he sustained injuries including swelling, headaches and hives from the defendant's Durepair™ Dura Regeneration Matrix device, which was recalled in June 2023. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns, is 1:24-cv-11938, Rivera et al v. Medtronic, Inc. et al.
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