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Where Privacy Laws and Litigation Trends Collide: A Conversation with Covington & Burling's Lindsey Tonsager and Kate Cahoy

Kat Black | September 19, 2024

The pair say that as case law under the Video Privacy Protection Act has become unfavorable to plaintiffs, they've seen creative attempts to apply other untested laws bearing statutory penalties to online technologies.

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Conversation

Getting Ahead of Unfair Criticism of Judges

Ross Todd | September 18, 2024

Judge Barbara Kronlund of San Joaquin County, California Superior Court has developed a presentation focused on the importance of judicial independence aimed at non-legal audiences that's been adopted by the local ABOTA chapter.

4 minute read

Best Practices

Three Steps for Building Great Relationships with In-House Counsel

Stacy Bratcher | M.C. Sungaila | September 17, 2024

Legal podcasters Stacy Bratcher and M.C. Sungaila draw from interviews with dozens of in-house attorneys to offer up these tips for outside counsel.

7 minute read

News

Travis Lenkner Returns to Burford Capital With an Eye on Future Growth Opportunities

Ross Todd | September 16, 2024

Lenkner, the co-founder of litigation finance firm Gerchen Keller Capital and plaintiff-side law firm Keller Lenkner, is taking on a newly created role of chief development officer at Burford and will sit on the company's management committee.

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Q&A

Litigators of the Week: Ingersoll Rand Enforces a Noncompete Against an Exec Who Jumped Ship to Verboten Competitor

Ross Todd | September 13, 2024

Despite Colorado's law rendering most noncompete agreements void, a state court judge barred former ILC Dover CEO Corey Walker from working for Aventor through next June. The ruling was a win for Dover's acquirer, Ingersoll Rand Inc., and its lawyers, Quinn Emanuel's Andrew Rossman, Peter Fountain and Owen Roberts.

9 minute read

Quick Takes

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs

Ross Todd | September 13, 2024

Willkie Farr & Gallagher scored a major win at the Third Circuit for bondholders in the bankruptcy of Hertz Corp. entitling them to nearly $270 million plus interest.

6 minute read

Profile

Meet the Judge Heading Philadelphia's Mass Torts Program

Aleeza Furman | September 12, 2024

Judge Joshua Robert suggested lawyers who handle mass torts in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas try "resetting the dialogue," saying, "the more pedantic details or the more little things that we're going to be asked to decide are just going to bog us down."

5 minute read

Best Practices

NITA Gears Up For Fourth 'Women In Trial' Program in Chicago

Ross Todd | September 11, 2024

Faculty member Allison Rocker of Baker McKenzie and past participant Markiana Julceus of Lowenstein Sandler give a rundown of the trial training program developed specifically for women.

5 minute read

Profile

After Battling Cancer, Boies Schiller Rainmaker Stuart Singer Tackles Something New: Day-to-Day Firm Management

Ross Todd | September 10, 2024

Singer, who took time away from his busy litigation practice in 2022 to battle non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, became one of Boies Schiller's three co-managing partners earlier this year at a moment of transition for the firm.

9 minute read

Q&A

Litigation Leaders: Casey Laffey of Reed Smith on Being 'More Prepared Than the Other Side'

Ross Todd | September 09, 2024

"We are focused on continuing to grow in hot-button areas like tech and data class actions, insolvency, managed care, and cross-border disputes."

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Who Got The Work

Fenwick & West partner Catherine D. Kevane has entered an appearance for Gritstone Bio in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Aug. 26 in California Northern District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Kenneth Granville, accuses certain officers and directors of misrepresenting the company's ability to obtain external funding in connection with its COVID-19 vaccine candidate study as well as the timeframe to its launch. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, is 3:24-cv-06018, Granville v. Allen et al.

Who Got The Work

Balch & Bingham partners Leo E. Manuel and Matt W. McDade have stepped in to represent seafood restaurant Mary Mahoney’s d/b/a Mary Mahoney’s Old French House and Anthony C. Cvitanovich in a pending civil RICO class action. The court action was filed Aug. 2 in Mississippi Southern District Court by Gill, Ladner & Priest; the Dumas Law Firm; and Abdalla Law. The suit accuses the defendants of conspiring to defraud thousands of consumers by selling them high-priced locally sourced premium fish despite serving cheap frozen foreign fish instead. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Taylor B. McNeel, is 1:24-cv-00241, McCain v. Mary Mahoney's, Inc. et al.

Who Got The Work

Jounice Nealy-Brown and Beatriz M. Miranda of Gunster have stepped in to represent Adams Air & Hydraulics in a pending lawsuit alleging employment discrimination under the ADA. The case was filed Aug. 2 in Florida Middle District Court by the Law Office of Keith M. Stern on behalf of an account manager who claims the defendant reduced his role and ultimately terminated him because his disability. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven, is 8:24-cv-01827, Franks v. Adams Air & Hydraulics, Inc.

Who Got The Work

Patrick C. Lannen and Cloie Chidiac of Plunkett Cooney have entered appearances for Lodige USA in a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The action, seeking $264,716 for under payment of applicable wages, was filed on Aug. 2 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hubbard Snitchler & Parzianello on behalf of Crystal Employment Services. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Mark A. Goldsmith, is 2:24-cv-12021, Crystal Employment Services LLC v. Lodige USA, Inc.

Who Got The Work

Winston & Strawn partners Daniel Blouin, Thomas Weber, Marilyn G. Moran of FordHarrison and John M. ‘Jay’ Brennan of GrayRobinson have entered appearances for United Network for Organ Sharing and Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corp., respectively, in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint, filed on Aug. 2 in Florida Middle District Court by the Ferraro Law Firm and Ellis George LLP on behalf of Cortez Fields, accuses the defendants of using a race-based coefficient to artificially increase the observed kidney function for Black kidney disease patients. According to the suit, Fields was disproportionately affected and suffered a delay in being placed on a kidney transplant waitlist. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Julie S. Sneed, is 6:24-cv-01434, Fields v. United Network for Organ Sharing et al.

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