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Jenna Greene is editor of The Litigation Daily and author of the "Daily Dicta" column. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and can be reached at [email protected].
August 14, 2015 | Litigation Daily
There's nothing like a devastating cross-examination to clinch a victory in court. Covington & Burling partners Phyllis Jones and Paul Schmidt delivered doozies for Eli Lilly & Co. in Los Angeles federal court, cutting short a bellwether trial over the antidepressant Cymbalta with a directed verdict. How did they do it?
By Jenna Greene
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August 14, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal
In a recent opinion, a judge offers both candid insights about the art of judging and a passionate defense of why cases should go to trial in an era when fewer than ever do so.
By Jenna Greene
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August 12, 2015 | Litigation Daily
Citizens Financial Group failed to fix customers' math mistakes on deposit slips when the discrepancy was less than $25. Half of them lost money. The other half got free money, kind of like drawing the Monopoly card, "Bank Error in Your Favor."
By Jenna Greene
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August 11, 2015 | Litigation Daily
Facebook's Oculus Rift virtual reality headset is poised to transform the $90 billion video gaming industry. But like most lucrative inventions, it's also the subject of a fierce intellectual property dispute, pitting lawyers from Skadden against a team from Cooley. This week, Skadden scored big.
By Jenna Greene
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August 10, 2015 | Litigation Daily
Plaintiffs lawyers jockeying for position in 68 yet-to-be-consolidated antitrust suits against the major domestic airlines are mounting campaigns worthy of a local Chamber of Commerce visitor's brochure. Here's what the six courts in contention have going for them.
By Jenna Greene
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August 9, 2015 | Litigation Daily
It was a victory-from-the-jaws-of-defeat moment for lawyers from Davis Polk & Wardwell and Winston & Strawn when a federal judge in Delaware on Friday voided a $27.6 million jury verdict against their client Comcast IP Holdings. The case raises the question: Why try patent suits before juries in the first place?
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August 7, 2015 | Litigation Daily
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer clearly didn't think much of motions by firms including Wachtell and Skadden asking for documents to be sealed in a suit against Hewlett-Packard Co. How he responded is classic.
By Jenna Greene
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August 5, 2015 | Litigation Daily
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is all but certain to be sued over rules adopted Wednesday that require public companies to disclose the ratio between their chief executive officers' pay and that of their median employees. But how likely is a lawsuit to succeed?
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August 4, 2015 | Litigation Daily
It's hard to see Consumer Financial Protection Bureau head Richard Cordray, who comes across about as menacing as Opie Taylor on "The Andy Griffith Show," as “the very definition of tyranny.” But that's what lawyers at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher would have you believe in their constitutional challenge to the 4-year-old agency.
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August 4, 2015 | Litigation Daily
From fake "exclusives" to tardy announcements, law firm publicists can drive reporters crazy. Here's how lawyers can make the process better.
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