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F1's Longtime Legal Chief Exiting as Racing Series Reaches New Heights
Sacha Woodward has been legal chief since 2000, first under Bernie Ecclestone and now under Liberty Media.
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See More StoriesCourt Annuls NYC's Foie Gras Ban In Support of State's Right-To-Farm Laws
A recent case, 'City of New York v. Ball,' highlights a clash between the powers of New York State and one of its political subdivisions, New York City.
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See More StoriesHawaiian Airlines CLO Out of Job but Set for Soft Landing
Aaron Alter was Hawaiian Airlines' outside counsel for years before becoming its legal chief in 2015.
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See More StoriesLatham Team Scores Dismissal of Stock-Drop Securities Class Action for Meta
District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers issued an order granting Meta's motion to dismiss the case with prejudice in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Sept. 17. Meta's counsel included Latham partners Andrew Clubok, Susan Engel and Melanie Blunschi and associates Nicholas Rosellini and Elizabeth Cheng.
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher partners Benjamin Hershkowitz, Richard W. Mark and Casey J. McCracken and R. Scott Johnson, Thomas M. Patton and Cara S. Donels have entered appearances for Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. and MidAmerican Energy Co., respectively, in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The case, filed July 17 in Iowa Southern District Court by Nyemaster Goode PC and Caldwell Cassady & Curry on behalf of Midwest Energy Emissions Corp., asserts six patents related to sorbents for the oxidation and removal of mercury. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Stephen H. Locher, is 4:24-cv-00243, Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. v. Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company et al.
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Michael J. Hickey and Michael L. Jente of Lewis Rice LLC have stepped in to represent Tidal Wave Management in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The case, filed July 18 in Missouri Western District Court by Husch Blackwell on behalf of Waterway Gas & Wash Co., accuses the defendant of using a mark that's confusingly similar to the plaintiff's 'Clean Car Club' mark. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Fernando J. Gaitan Jr., is 4:24-cv-00471, Waterway Gas & Wash Company v. Tidal Wave Management LLC.
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Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz partners Lauren M. Kofke and William Savitt have stepped in to represent CVS Health and and its top officials in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The complaint, filed Aug. 30 in New York Southern District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Chaya Sara Kaufmann, accuses the defendants of failing to disclose that they used misleading forecasts to set premium plans which overstated the profitability of the company's health care benefits segment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Margaret M. Garnett, is 1:24-cv-06595, Kaufmann v. Lynch et al.
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Robert L. Wallan from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has entered an appearance for Findlay Management Group in a pending complaint for declaratory judgment. The complaint, filed on Aug. 8 in Nevada District Court by Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani and Skarzynski Marick & Black on behalf of Houston Casualty Co., seeks to declare that no insurance policy exists between Houston Casualty and Findlay due to there not being an adequate form of delivery and claims that if delivery was substantiated it is rescinded based on material omissions and misrepresentations. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro, is 2:24-cv-01459, Houston Casualty Company v. Findlay Management Group.
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Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani partner J. Hayes Ryan has entered an appearance for Marquette Management Inc. in a pending lawsuit over alleged violations of the Fair Housing Act. The action was filed on Aug. 6 in Illinois Northern District Court by the Johnson Law Firm on behalf of Steve Boykin, who contends that his apartment complex lacks accessibility features. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis, is 1:24-cv-06868, Boykin v. Marquette Management Inc.
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For this award, Corporate Counsel recognizes allyship in the workplace.
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