From the insurance and financial-services arenas to intellectual property, Dickstein Shapiro plaintiffs lawyers over the past year built a string of wins for corporate clients and settled a landmark sex-abuse class action.
Dickstein traditionally specialized in defense but has found success on the opposite side of the courtroom. Taking on technology companies including Google Inc. in Virginia federal district court, it won a $30 million verdict — and potential future liabilities — for client Vringo Inc. and a subsidiary. Vringo alleged the defendants infringed patents on a process that produces advertisements based on Internet search terms. Attorneys from Dickstein Shapiro are taking on 16 of the world’s biggest banks in a case related to manipulation of the London interbank offered rate, or Libor. Dickstein filed suit in Virginia federal district court in March, representing the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., or Freddie Mac. The federal government is monitoring developments.
