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Litigator of the Week: And Client Number Three Is…

Colby Hamilton | April 20, 2018

It was the denouement in the riveting drama that played out over two days before U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood : When Davis Wright Tremaine partner Rob Balin convinced the court to compel Michael Cohen's to reveal his third client.

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Alston & Bird Settles Multimillion-Dollar Legal Mal Suit

Greg Land | April 19, 2018

The complaint alleged that the firm caused a onetime employee of the widow of late Coca-Cola CEO Roberto Goizuega to lose tens of millions of dollars in gifts and bequests from Olga Goizuega and cost her millions more in tax judgments and fines.

Q&A

Q&A: Lance Armstrong's Lawyer Talks Shop About Settling with US Postal Service

Ross Todd | April 19, 2018

Elliot Peters of Keker, Van Nest & Peters says "100 percent" of him wished he could take the doping case to trial, but that the $5 million settlement Armstrong reached "puts litigation out of his life."

News

Trump's Attorney Cohen Drops Defamation Suits Over Steele Dossier

Colby Hamilton | April 19, 2018

Days after appearing in federal court over material seized in a federal raid, Cohen's attorney confirmed he's dropping suits in state and federal court against Buzzfeed, which published the dossier, and the political research group that commissioned it, Fusion GPS.

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Giuliani Joins Trump Legal Team, Takes Leave from Greenberg Traurig

Christine Simmons | April 19, 2018

The former New York mayor will serve as a personal lawyer for the president.

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Package Bomber Set to Be Executed for 11th Circuit Judge's Murder

Kim Chandler Associated Press| April 19, 2018

Walter Leroy Moody Jr., 83, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday and become the oldest inmate put to death since executions resumed in the U.S. in the 1970s.

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Mueller's Appellate Specialists Make Debut, Defending Manafort Charges in Trial Court

C. Ryan Barber | April 19, 2018

Michael Dreeben and Elizabeth Prelogar, both from the U.S. Solicitor General's Office, teamed up with Adam Jed, another Justice Department appellate specialist, to defend the criminal charges against Paul Manafort at a hearing Thursday in Washington's federal trial court.

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Stris & Maher, the LA Boutique, Claims 'Total Victory' in Settlement About Alleged Trump Affair

Marcia Coyle | April 19, 2018

Peter Stris, who has argued seven U.S. Supreme Court cases, called ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal's settlement "probably the most rewarding result I ever got in my career."

Commentary

Brave New World of (Robot) Law

Jenna Greene | April 19, 2018

If your robot hurts someone, are you liable? Legally speaking, is a robot like a pet? An employee? Should robots have rights? In a new report, the U.S. Chamber Commerce contemplates not-so-distant questions about robot law.

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Jury Finds 'Killer Nanny' Guilty in 2012 Slayings of 2 Children, Rejects Insanity Defense

Andrew Denney | April 18, 2018

The nanny whose attorneys said she committed the grisly slayings of two children while they were in her care at their family's home because the devil told her to do it was found guilty of murder on Wednesday.

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Southwest Airlines Passengers Looking to Lawyer Up After Emergency Landing

Samantha Joseph | April 18, 2018

Less than 24 hours after a Dallas-bound Southwest Airlines jet made an emergency landing in Philadelphia Tuesday, attorney Ladd Sanger had already fielded two calls from passengers.

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Gibson Dunn's Ted Olson Puts New Squeeze on Consumer Bureau

C. Ryan Barber | April 18, 2018

A team from Gibson Dunn fought the CFPB in the D.C. Circuit—and now they're in the Fifth Circuit challenging the agency's single-director design. Will one of these cases reach the U.S. Supreme Court?

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Aiming to Trump Trump Pardons, Schneiderman Seeks Closure of State Double Jeopardy 'Loophole'

Colby Hamilton | April 18, 2018

The attorney general said that state law prevents, absent a court-provided exception, the prosecution of certain crimes already brought along to the point of a plea or a grand jury's swearing in.

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Plaintiffs Bar Looks to Cash In on #MeToo

Meghan Tribe | April 18, 2018

In an effort to capture legal work emanating from the #MeToo movement, plaintiffs firms across the country are registering website domain names and funding television commercials in their quest for big paydays.

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Katten, on Hiring Spree, Adds IP Litigator From Alston & Bird

Christine Simmons | April 18, 2018

Other Alston & Bird lawyers may join Deepro Mukerjee in his move to Katten Muchin Rosenman, which has already hired about 30 lateral partners firmwide this year.

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How Lawyers Used CFIUS Review to Defeat Broadcom’s Takeover of Qualcomm

MP McQueen | April 18, 2018

The White House blocked Broadcom’s $117 billion bid to take over Qualcomm by issuing an executive order in March, citing national security concerns. Could it be the "poison pill" of the future?

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Trial Pro Billy Martin Jumps to Barnes & Thornburg

Ryan Lovelace | April 18, 2018

Less than three years after joining Miles & Stockbridge, Billy Martin is on the move again.

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DLA Piper Notches $45M Win in Maryland Landfill Fight

Greg Land | April 18, 2018

In a dispute going back nearly 30 years, the Harford County in Maryland was hit with a verdict of more than $45 million for its successful efforts to block construction of a rubble-fill project the county originally asked for.

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Wilson Sonsini Gets Appellate Win in Google Derivative Suits Over 'No-Poach' Agreements

Ross Todd | April 17, 2018

The Sixth District Court of Appeal upheld a lower court ruling which tossed claims against Google execs on statute of limitations grounds.

Commentary

Daily Dicta: King & Spalding Attacks “Strange and Irregular” Xerox Merger

Jenna Greene | April 17, 2018

A team from King & Spalding is pulling out all the stops in an attack on a pending merger between Xerox Corp. and Fujifilm Holdings Corp..

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Federal Judges Say Firms, Clients Favor Male Litigators at Their Peril

Dan Packel | April 17, 2018

At a Reed Smith event, former SDNY Judge Shira Scheindlin and current U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe highlighted the costs of ignoring gender diversity.

News

SEC Discloses Deals With Ex-Dewey Leaders Sanders, DiCarmine

Christine Simmons | April 17, 2018

The agency's case against former Dewey executive Stephen DiCarmine now appears to be over. But that's not the case for other Dewey leaders.

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Fox News Backs Hannity, Who Says Cohen 'Never Represented' Him

Colby Hamilton | April 17, 2018

While the Fox News host downplayed his relationship to Cohen on Monday, the network stated Tuesday that Hannity continues to have its "full support."

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Chrysler Pays $40M Jeep Judgment

Katheryn Tucker | April 17, 2018

The total amount with interest: $47,045,342.46, according to lead plaintiffs counsel James Butler Jr. of Butler Wooten & Peak in Atlanta and Columbus.

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Miami Sues Drugmakers, Distributors for Opioid Crisis

P.J. D'Annunzio | April 17, 2018

Miami joins other jurisdictions blaming drugmakers and distributors for opioid deaths and overdoses.

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With DOJ Asking to Vacate Joe Arpaio's Contempt Record, Ninth Circuit to Appoint Special Prosecutor

Ross Todd | April 17, 2018

In dissent from the motion panel's order, Circuit Judge Richard Tallman wrote that Perkins Coie, which has represented amici pushing for a special prosecutor, should be precluded from getting the nod since the firm "represented President Trump’s former political rival, Hillary Clinton."

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Justices Eye Congress, 'Massive' Lawsuit Potential in Online Sales Tax Case

Marcia Coyle | April 17, 2018

"I'm concerned about the many unanswered questions that overturning precedents will create," Justice Sonia Sotomayor said at one point during the argument Tuesday.

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NFL Sued by 9 Former Security Reps for Age Discrimination

Colby Hamilton | April 17, 2018

The plaintiffs allege issues arose after the NFL hired Cathy Lanier, the former Washington, D.C., chief of police, as its new security chief in 2016.

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Judge Certifies Class of Illinois Facebook Users in Privacy Suit Over Facial Recognition

Ross Todd | April 16, 2018

The lawsuit, set to go to trial in July, confronts the company with billions in potential damages.

News

Fox Host Hannity Revealed as Cohen's Third Client, as Wood Expresses Confidence in Feds' 'Filter Team'

Colby Hamilton | April 16, 2018

The reveal in open court upstaged the presence of pornographic actress Stormy Daniels, who attended the hearing before U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood Monday.

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Supreme Court Eyes Relaxing Rule on Foreign Patent Damages

Scott Graham | April 16, 2018

Despite possibility of "chaos," presumption against extraterritorial application may give way to simple proximate cause test, justices suggest.

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Manhattan Jury Awards $60M Asbestos Verdict in Favor of Late Laborer's Estate

Andrew Denney | April 16, 2018

A Manhattan jury has awarded a record-breaking $60 million asbestos verdict to the estate of a man who died from mesothelioma after working for years as a laborer near asbestos-laden boilers and construction implements.

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In Texas Expansion, Sheppard Mullin Launches Dallas Office With 10 Lateral Partners

Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | April 16, 2018

The firm's new Dallas office, its first in Texas, has a total of 18 lawyers, with more expected soon. The firm's clients with headquarters or operations in the state include Toyota and Texaco.

Update

Lawyer Who Self-Immolated in Brooklyn Was Best-Known as LGBT Rights Advocate but Played Lower-Key Role for the Environment

Andrew Denney | April 16, 2018

While David Buckel, an attorney who died on April 14 after setting himself on fire in a park in Brooklyn, had become widely known for his work on LGBT causes, he spent the final years of his life out of the legal limelight and focused his energy on environmental protection.

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Cohen Claims Morgan Lewis, Squire Patton Boggs Records in Seized Materials

Christine Simmons | April 16, 2018

Records related to both global legal giants could be contained in materials seized last week by federal law enforcement officials in raids on Michael Cohen's home, hotel room and office.

Commentary

Daily Dicta: Take Heart, Rosenstein. History Is on Your Side

Jenna Greene | April 16, 2018

Take a step back for a moment and consider that a public interest advocacy group is fundraising over the prospect of the DAG getting fired—and hundreds of thousands of people are ready to take the streets if it happens.

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NFL Accuses Lawyers, Doctors of 'Widespread Fraud' on Concussion Settlement

Max Mitchell | April 16, 2018

The NFL has asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to appoint a special investigator to look into alleged "widespread fraud" that is "infecting" the $1 billion concussion litigation settlement.

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Burn Victim in Plywood Mill Explosion Secures $33M Verdict From Harris County Jury

Max Mitchell | April 16, 2018

A man severely burned in a fatal explosion at a plywood mill in Corrigan, Texas, has won a more than $33 million verdict. A Harris County jury…

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Kirkland Takes Two From Cravath in Latest Lateral Raid

Brian Baxter | April 14, 2018

Sandra Goldstein, a top partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore and a former head of litigation at the firm, is headed to Kirkland & Ellis with Stefan Atkinson in New York.

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Gorsuch Hires Native American Law Clerk, Likely First in SCOTUS History

Tony Mauro | April 14, 2018

"Justice Gorsuch has already brought a diverse group of clerks to the court and I am honored to deepen that diversity," says Tobi Young, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and general counsel to the George W. Bush Presidential Center.

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Suit Alleges Houston Woman Seduced, Defrauded Prominent Texas Lawyer Walter Umphrey

Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | April 13, 2018

The lawsuit, filed in Harris County, seeks more than $2 million from the Houston woman and her lawyer.

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DraftKings, FanDuel in Settlement Talks Over Consumer Class Actions

Amanda Bronstad | April 13, 2018

Lawyers have asked a federal judge to halt consumer class actions against sports betting sites DraftKings Inc. and FanDuel Inc. while they hash out a possible settlement.

Investigation

Prosecutors Say Cohen Under Investigation, Rebut Privilege Claims

Christine Simmons | April 13, 2018

Documents disclosed in the Southern District of New York show that Michael Cohen, the personal lawyer for President Donald Trump, is the subject of a criminal inquiry into his personal business dealings. He also received a $500,000 "alliance fee" from Squire Patton Boggs.

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Ninth Circuit to Rule in Monkey Selfie Case Despite Settlement

Scott Graham | April 13, 2018

The court declined to dismiss the case, saying it's "wary of abetting ‘strategic behavior’ on the part of institutional litigants."

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Power Company's Legal Malpractice Suit Against Greenberg Traurig Gets Tossed

Christine Simmons | April 13, 2018

NextEra Energy Inc. claimed it was damaged in the form of legal fees paid to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and trial and appeal fees "amounting to millions of dollars."

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Rod Rosenstein Set to Make Supreme Court Argument Debut This Month

Tony Mauro | April 13, 2018

That is, if he is still deputy attorney general. Rosenstein, who argued in federal appeals court as U.S. attorney for Maryland, has been the target of White House criticism in recent days regarding his oversight of Robert Mueller, the special counsel leading the Russia investigation.

Analysis

Litigators of the Week: Beating J&J on its Own Turf

Charles Toutant | April 13, 2018

A trio of plaintiffs lawyers overcame Johnson & Johnson's home court advantage in the first successful case linking Johnson's Baby Powder and mesothelioma.

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VirnetX Scores $502.5M Verdict Against Apple

Scott Graham | April 12, 2018

It's the second nine-figure verdict obtained by the company and its Caldwell Cassady & Curry lawyers in the last year. But Apple says the PTAB has already invalidated all of the patents.

NJ Jury Awards $33M in Pelvic Mesh Suit Against Bard; Punitives Phase on Deck

Charles Toutant | April 12, 2018

Plaintiff Mary McGuinness was awarded $23 million in damages. Her husband, Thomas, was awarded $10 million for loss of consortium.

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In Expanded Uber Settlement, FTC Hammers Home Security Message

Ben Hancock | April 12, 2018

The regulator warned tech companies to make sure their software development environments are secure. Uber's 2016 breach came after an engineer stored an access key to a cloud database in code hosted on GitHub.

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Retirement Class Action Seeks $140M From Home Depot

Katheryn Tucker | April 12, 2018

Home Depot: “We haven’t seen the suit yet, but we’re proud of the financial support and opportunities for saving that we provide our associates.”

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Why Some Judicial Nominees Struggle When Asked About 'Brown v. Board of Education'

Tony Mauro | April 12, 2018

For some nominees, the concern is that by answering explicitly, they would be viewed as biased. For others, the decisions they are being asked to embrace are too controversial to touch.

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Janice Dickinson Testifies Against Cosby: 'Here Was America's Dad on Top of Me'

Lizzy McLellan | April 12, 2018

One of Bill Cosby’s most famous accusers took the stand as a prior bad acts witness on Thursday.

Commentary

Daily Dicta: When Keeping Quiet Is Bad—But Telling Is Worse

Jenna Greene | April 12, 2018

It's like Sophie's Choice for lawyers.

News

DOJ Policy Head Beth Williams Scolds 'Dogged Determination' to Enjoin Trump Administration

Marcia Coyle | April 12, 2018

"In President Trump’s first year in office, however, judges issued a whopping 20 nationwide injunctions—an eightfold increase," said Williams, a former Kirkland & Ellis partner who leads the DOJ's Office of Legal Policy.

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Wilson Sonsini Partner Talks About Other Kozinski Clerks 'Waiting, Dying' to Testify in Aborted Investigation

Ross Todd | April 12, 2018

Katherine Ku spoke as part of a discussion called "Making the Future #NOTMeToo" about how women can ward off and respond to sexual harassment in the legal profession.

Analysis

For Chamber, Replicating Wisconsin Win on Litigation Funding Transparency Won't Be Easy

Ben Hancock | April 11, 2018

Provisions requiring the disclosure of third-party litigation funding contracts in Wisconsin courts came together amid a unique set of circumstances on the ground.

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LA Judge Rebuked for Media Interview, 'Flippant' Court Remark

Cheryl Miller | April 11, 2018

Los Angeles County Judge John Lord was publicly admonished for talking to a reporter about a pending case and for publicly suggesting prosecutors gave preferential treatment to a white domestic violence victim.

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Fox May Bring Sex Harassment Claims Against Ex-Exec Who Sued Over Religious Bias

Andrew Denney | April 11, 2018

Fox Broadcasting's breach-of-contract counterclaim may proceed against a former executive who has sued the network for religious discrimination, but who Fox says was fired for violating the company’s sexual harassment policies.

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Reed Smith Wades Into Fight With Mueller for Russian Company

Ryan Lovelace | April 11, 2018

Eric Dubelier and Katherine Joanne Seikaly entered appearances for Concord Management and Consulting, one of the Russian companies charged with seeking to tinker with the U.S. election.

4 Former Clarence Thomas Clerks Form Legal Team to Challenge Harvard’s Admissions Policy

Tony Mauro | April 11, 2018

Adam Mortara and John Hughes, partners at Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott, are joining William Consovoy and Patrick Strawbridge, partners at Consovoy McCarthy Park, in challenging Harvard's admissions processes.

Commentary

Daily Dicta: Stormy Daniels Lawyer Avenatti Fights to Save Massive Punitive Damages Award 

Jenna Greene | April 11, 2018

Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti won a $450 million punitive damages award last year. Now, he's fighting to preserve as much of it as he can.

News

After DA Tries to Stop Deliberations, Jurors Acquit All 3 Defendants in Sex Tape Trial

Greg Land | April 11, 2018

The decision followed a seven-day trial of Rogers’ former housekeeper and her former lawyers, Johns Butters and David Cohen.

News

How a Defense Verdict That Wasn’t Became a $25M Settlement

Roy Strom | April 11, 2018

Winston & Strawn found itself caught up in a case involving a rogue courthouse clerk; a trial lawyer accused of fraud; and, at last check, a publicly traded company on the hook for a yachting accident.

Expert Opinion

Meritless Ninth Circuit Civil Appeal Getting You Down? Get It Decided—Summarily

Ben Feuer, California Appellate Law Group| April 11, 2018

Even meritless appeals that require little opinion-writing time can take a year or more to be processed by the court. The delay is made worse by the court’s seven judicial vacancies, with at least one more announced—nearly a quarter of the circuit’s allotment.

News

Flint Water Lawyer Calls Removal Attempt ‘Blatant Money Grab’

Amanda Bronstad | April 10, 2018

A lawyer accused of unethical conduct in the Flint water case called an attempt to oust him from his leadership appointment “nothing but a retaliatory smear campaign” and a “blatant money grab.”

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$64M Malpractice Verdict Against Ex-Dickstein Partner Still Ensnares Firm, Insurers

Dan Packel | April 10, 2018

Dickstein may be long gone, and a partner accused of malpractice there died in 2013, but that didn't stop new litigation from erupting this month over who should foot the bill.

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Former Prosecutors, Judges Join Bid to Upend Conviction in Case of Race-Screened Jury

Katheryn Tucker | April 10, 2018

High-profile Georgia lawyers have thrown their weight behind an effort to overturn a decades-old conviction based on the recent discovery that prosecutors in a 1977 murder case allegedly kept African-Americans off the jury and kept track of them by noting the letter "N" beside their names.

Trump's EEOC General Counsel Pick Wants New Focus on Individual Cases, Not Systemic

Erin Mulvaney | April 10, 2018

“I believe one of the best ways to get a higher level of compliance or get a better handle is to go after the small, individual claims and never let up,” Gustafson told a U.S. Senate panel Tuesday at her confirmation hearing.

News

Jury Weighs Sex Tape Case Against Lawyers, Former Client

Greg Land | April 10, 2018

“This is not a sexual harassment case,” said a prosecutor. “We’re not asking you to determine whether Ms. Brindle was a victim of sexual harassment” or “to like Joe Rogers.”

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Mark Zuckerberg Brings In-House Legal, Lobbying Entourage to Capitol Hill

C. Ryan Barber | April 10, 2018

As he testifies before nearly half the U.S. Senate, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has his company’s in-house legal and lobbying teams at his back.

News

Covington, McGuireWoods Partners Among New Slate of Judicial Nominees

Ryan Lovelace | April 10, 2018

The White House offered up 20 new names this week as it looks to fill judicial vacancies around the country.

Commentary

Daily Dicta: Geoffrey Berman Is Nobody’s Lapdog

Jenna Greene | April 10, 2018

President Trump may have handpicked Geoffrey Berman to be U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, but the former Greenberg Traurig partner has upheld the independence and integrity of his office.

News

Red-Handed Rip-off? Retailers Hit With RICO Lawsuit Over Shoplifting Program

Ross Todd | April 09, 2018

A federal RICO lawsuit filed Monday in the Northern District of California claims a group of seven retailers, including Walmart and Abercrombie & Fitch, participated in a scheme to extort accused shoplifters.

News

After FBI Raid, Squire Says It Severed Ties to Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen

Ryan Lovelace | April 09, 2018

Squire Patton Boggs said Monday that it no longer had a strategic alliance with embattled Michael Cohen, who had been working out of the firm's offices in New York.

News

Posthumous Judging: Appeals Courts Allow It, but Not the Supreme Court

Tony Mauro | April 09, 2018

By long tradition, the U.S. Supreme Court discounts the votes and opinions of justices upon death.

Commentary

Daily Dicta: Sigh. Check Out the Highest-Paid Lawyer in America

Jenna Greene | April 09, 2018

Judith Sheindlin, a.k.a. Judge Judy, earns a staggering $47 million a year for yelling at litigants while presiding over small claims cases on television. So glad we've got our priorities in order, America.

News

Facebook's Response in Court Less Conciliatory Than Zuckerberg's Planned Congressional Testimony

Amanda Bronstad | April 09, 2018

As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has prepared to apologize this week on Capitol Hill over security issues, the social media giant's lawyers struck a…

News

FBI Raids the Offices of Trump's Personal Attorney, Michael Cohen

Colby Hamilton | April 09, 2018

The raid was confirmed by Cohen's attorney, McDermott Will & Emery partner Stephen Ryan.

News

Attorneys Secure $5 Million for Woman Who Had 4 Amputations After Snakebite

Samantha Joseph | April 09, 2018

Joseph J. Slama and Brent Reitman had to overcome a common-law defense protecting property owners from liability for attacks by wild animals.

News

On Heels of Merger Talks, O’Melveny Picks Up Ex-Federal Prosecutor

Meghan Tribe | April 09, 2018

Nicole Argentieri, chief of the public integrity section in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, has joined O'Melveny & Myers as a partner in its white-collar defense and corporate investigations practice.

Analysis

AT&T/Time Warner: How Judge Leon’s Experience in ‘Comcast/NBCU’ May Shape the Trial

Shepard Goldfein and Karen Hoffman Lent| April 09, 2018

In their Antitrust Trade and Practice column, Shepard Goldfein and Karen Hoffman Lent continue their discussion of the DOJ's suit to block AT&T/DirecTV’s proposed acquisition of Time Warner. At the approximate midpoint of the trial, they return to consider how a vertical mega-merger from a few years ago—and a familiar face from that case—may provide some clues of what is to come.

News

Sex For Legal Work Gets Former San Antonio Lawyer 80-Year Prison Sentence

John Council | April 09, 2018

A South Texas jury has sentenced former San Antonio criminal defense attorney Mark Benavides to 80 years in prison for having sex with his clients in exchange for legal services.

News

Prior Salary Can't Justify Gender Wage Gap, En Banc Ninth Circuit Says

Erin Mulvaney | April 09, 2018

"To hold otherwise—to allow employers to capitalize on the persistence of the wage gap and perpetuate that gap ad infinitum—would be contrary to the text and history of the Equal Pay Act," Judge Stephen Reinhardt wrote for the majority.

News

Trump's Justice Dept. Takes Swipe at Harvard in Admissions Lawsuit

Marcia Coyle | April 06, 2018

The Justice Department cites its ongoing investigation of Harvard's admissions policies in seeking broad access to key material in a pending lawsuit in Massachusetts.

Jurors in NJ Talc Trial Rejected J&J's Bid to Tarnish Plaintiffs' Scientific Evidence

Charles Toutant | April 06, 2018

In the nation's first trial where a jury linked Johnson & Johnson's talc products to mesothelioma, the company's efforts to discredit the plaintiffs' evidence simply fell flat.

Drinker Biddle Accused of Health Care Deal Breakup Over Alleged Disclosures Tied to Miami Indictment

Catherine Wilson | Charles Toutant | April 06, 2018

The lawsuit questions what an ex-federal prosecutor told a client about a "person of interest" in a $1 billion Medicare fraud case.

News

Seinfeld Wants Copyright Suit Over 'Comedians In Cars' Kicked to the Curb

Colby Hamilton | April 06, 2018

The comedian says allegations by the director of the original pilot are both time-barred and simply too general to stick.

News

Latest Xarelto Trial Focuses on Triple Blood Thinner Therapy Risks

Max Mitchell | April 06, 2018

The arguments came during opening statements in Russell v. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, which is the second Xarelto case to be tried in Philadelphia state court.

Commentary

Daily Dicta: Litigator of the Week: A Video Game Blowout (Sorry Lindsay Lohan)

Jenna Greene | April 06, 2018

Debevoise & Plimpton partner Jeremy Feigelson takes top honors this week for a win that's likely to reverberate throughout the $100 billion video game industry.

News

Anthem, Cigna Pay $3M in Legal Fees to States That Sued to Block Merger

Cheryl Miller | April 06, 2018

The plaintiff states will divide the settlement funds. California, Connecticut, New York, Georgia and the District of Columbia were among the states that challenged the proposed $54 billion tie-up.

Analysis

Try, Try Again: Cosby's Retrial Set to Begin Before Montco Jury

Lizzy McLellan | April 06, 2018

The charges against him remain the same, but Bill Cosby's retrial is shaping up to be very different from the first time around.

News

Prized Paintings Once Looted by Nazis Must Be Returned to Jewish Collector's Heirs

Jason Grant | April 06, 2018

The decision could have implications for the wider fight by Jewish heirs to reclaim artwork looted en masse from their ancestors by the Third Reich.

News

Lawyers in Arkansas Same-Sex Marriage Case Return to SCOTUS in Attorney Fee Fight

Tony Mauro | April 06, 2018

Douglas Hallward-Driemeier says the Arkansas ruling on lawyer fees was “exceptionally frustrating, because there was no question that we were the prevailing party.”

Jury Returns $37M Verdict in Suit Linking J&J Talc to Mesothelioma

Charles Toutant | April 05, 2018

The jury apportioned 70 percent of the award to Johnson & Johnson, maker of the Johnson's Baby Powder that 46-year-old plaintiff Steven Lanzo III said he had used all his life, and 30 percent to co-defendant Imerys Talc America, which produced the raw ingredient in the company's products.

News

MDL Panel Skirts Bay Area in Transferring Lawsuits Against Uber, Intel

Amanda Bronstad | April 05, 2018

A federal judicial panel has ordered dozens of lawsuits against Intel, Apple and Uber into multidistrict litigation—but only one docket went to California’s increasingly congested district in the Bay Area.

News

Judge Awards $112.5M in Total Attorney Fees in NFL Concussion Case

Max Mitchell | April 05, 2018

The judge has reserved for a later time her determination of the exact amount each firm will receive for its respective efforts.

News

Judge Sanctions Ford by Tossing Key Witness

Katheryn Tucker | April 05, 2018

Gwinnett County State Court Judge Shawn Bratton told the jury after lunch Thursday to disregard the testimony of a Ford expert who had been on the stand for two days because questions “willfully violated" orders.

News

Target Agrees to $3.74M Settlement Over Discriminatory Hiring Practice Claims

Colby Hamilton | April 05, 2018

The national retailer was alleged to have unfairly excluded qualified African-American and Latino candidates for hire due to automatic rejections over criminal histories.

News

Edward Jones Sued Over Alleged Fee-Based ‘Churning Scheme’

Janet Levaux| April 05, 2018

Four investors say the firm misled them about fees and about Jones' 'preference for investing in proprietary funds.'