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Trial Tips for a Post-Pandemic World: Persuading the Modern Jury

Derek Foran, Geoffrey Warner | Laura Dominic | October 14, 2024

In the post-pandemic era, two new types of juror behaviors have emerged that every attorney should be aware of: Conspiracism and Safetyism.

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Q&A

Litigators of the Week: Jeffrey Kessler and Steve Berman Reach a Settlement With the NCAA that Reshapes College Sports

Ross Todd | October 11, 2024

The antitrust stars at Winston & Strawn and Hagens Berman got preliminary approval of a settlement that will pay more than $2.75 billion in back damages to former college athletes and allow schools to share revenue with current players through pools of up to about $21.5 million in the first year of the deal.

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Quick Takes

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs

Ross Todd | October 11, 2024

Runners-up this week include litigators from Sullivan & Cromwell, MoloLamken and Wilkinson Stekloff.

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Commentary

A Reporter and a Mayor: Behind the Scenes During the Eric Adams Indictment News Cycle

Emily Saul | October 10, 2024

One reporter's peek inside the 48 hours surrounding the indictment of New York City Mayor Eric Adams on charges including wire fraud, solicitation of contributions from foreign nationals and bribery.

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Best Practices

'The Most Peculiar Federal Court in the Country' Comes to Berkeley Law

Ross Todd | October 09, 2024

After sitting together as a panel to hear arguments in three cases Tuesday morning, Federal Circuit Judges Timothy Dyk, Raymond Chen and Judge Kara Stoll answered law students' questions about the qualities of winning advocates.

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Conversation

Focusing an Economic Lens On the Decrease In Federal Civil Jury Trials

Ross Todd | October 08, 2024

"I think the [decline in] civil jury trials in the federal court can be styled to be a market failure because the price is too high," says Ninth Circuit Senior Judge Carlos Bea.

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Analysis

What to Watch For in the Upcoming SCOTUS Term

Ross Todd | October 07, 2024

A curtain-raiser on the U.S. Supreme Court term that starts today courtesy of our Law.com colleague Jimmy Hoover.

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Q&A

Litigators of the Week: Kirkland Fends Off Antitrust Claims for Thomson Reuters Against AI-Backed Start-Up

Ross Todd | October 04, 2024

Kirkland's Dan Laytin, Christa Cottrell and Cameron Ginder won a summary judgment ruling finding ROSS Intelligence hadn't shown that Thomson Reuters' Westlaw inappropriately tied its public law database to its search tool in violation of antitrust laws.

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Quick Takes

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs

Ross Todd | October 04, 2024

Runners-up this week include teams litigators from Jones Day and Robbins Geller.

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Analysis

Law Firms Mobilize To Respond to Anti-DEI Backlash

Charles Toutant | October 03, 2024

With employers left wondering if their affinity group or hiring initiative will get them dragged into court, law firms are bulking up their offerings to clients worried about litigation risk.

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Who Got The Work

Nicholas M. DePalma and Christian R. Schreiber of Venable have stepped in to represent CP Management Services, CRS RB4 Holdings and other defendants in a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The suit was filed Aug. 30 in Virginia Eastern District Court by Greenberg Traurig on behalf of Daito Kentaku USA. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Claude M. Hilton, is 1:24-cv-01538, Daito Kentaku USA, LLC v. Comstock Partners, LC.

Who Got The Work

Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs partner Andrew J. Pulliam has entered an appearance for Steve Jensen in a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The action, filed Aug. 30 in Tennessee Middle District Court by the Law Office of Perry A. Craft on behalf of Timothy Robins, accuses the defendant of writing a worthless check for over $94,000 for the sale of auctioned goods. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Eli J. Richardson, is 3:24-cv-01064, Robins v. Jensen et al.

Who Got The Work

Lane Powell shareholder Pilar C. French has entered an appearance for Penney OpCo LLC in a pending consumer class action. The complaint, filed Aug. 26 in Oregon District Court by Hattis & Lukacs, alleges that the company markets fictional discounts for certain products. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai, is 6:24-cv-01414, Gamble v. Penney OpCo LLC.

Who Got The Work

Donald L. Carmelite and Coryn D. Hubbert of Marshall Dennehey have stepped in to defend the City of York, Detective Roland Comacho and Detective Lisa Daniels in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint, filed Aug. 27 in Pennsylvania Middle District Court by Levin & Zeiger on behalf of Noel Matos Montalvo, seeks damages for the amount of time that Montalvo was incarcerated over five years for the exonerated killing of his common law wife. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jennifer P. Wilson, is 1:24-cv-01459, Montalvo v. City of York, et al.

Who Got The Work

Joseph M. Englert, Brian E. Pumphrey and M. Laughlin Allen of McGuireWoods have entered appearances for Bank of America NA in a pending class action. The action was filed Aug. 26 in Georgia Northern District Court by Podhurst Orseck; Webb, Klase & Lemond; Crabtree & Auslander; and Morrison + Associates on behalf of the representative of the beneficiaries of the Arthur N. Weinraub Trust, a trust which contains residential real property. The suit accuses the defendant of overcharging the trust by selecting unnecessary and/or excessively priced insurance for the property. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Thomas W. Thrash Jr., is 1:24-cv-03780, Weinraub v. Bank of America, N.A.

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