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Litigators of the Week: 3 Former SGs Team Up In a Major Opioid Win for Pharmacies at the Ohio Supreme Court

The state’s high court found that the Ohio Product Liability Act barred public-nuisance claims that resulted in a $650 million verdict for two Ohio counties. Jeffrey Wall of Sullivan & Cromwell represented Walgreens, Noel Francisco of Jones Day represented Walmart and Donald Verrilli Jr. of Munger, Tolles & Olson represented CVS.
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Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs

A team at Munger, Tolles & Olson teamed with the Washington State Office of the Attorney General to secure a permanent injunction against the proposed $24.6 billion merger of the Kroger and Albertsons grocery chains.
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Like a Life Raft: Ben Brafman Reflects on Nearly 50 Years as a Defense Attorney

At 76 years old, Benjamin Brafman says he’s not going anywhere and business is better than ever.
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Things That Can Win (Or Lose) a Trial

Gibson Dunn partners George Hazel and Gregg Costa, who both spent time serving on the federal trial bench earlier in their careers, recently walked through things they think weigh heavily on the outcome of a trial.
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Analysis

What We Learned From In-House Litigators in 2024

This year we gained insights from Steve Mahieu of The Kraft Heinz Co., Nikki Stitt Sokol of Meta Platforms Inc. and Pete Welch of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. We want to hear from more of your clients.
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‘How to Succeed as a Trial Lawyer’: Talking Shop With Author and Veteran Litigator Stewart Edelstein

Edelstein, who practiced as a commercial trial lawyer for 40 years at Cohen and Wolf in Connecticut and taught clinical courses at Yale Law School for 20 years, discusses the latest edition of his book, which he calls a “portable mentor” for trial lawyers.
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Litigator of the Week: Cantor Fitzgerald Fights Off Former Partners’ Antitrust Claims Over Post-Employment Pay

After Cantor Fitzgerald got an earlier ruling from the Delaware Supreme Court finding the forfeiture-for-competition provisions of its partnership agreements valid under state law, Benjamin Nagin and Tacy Flint of Sidley Austin and David Paul, the co-head of litigation at the financial services firm, won a motion to dismiss federal antitrust claims brought on behalf of former partners.
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Quick Takes

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs

A trial team at Goodwin Procter won a $452 million verdict for client Insulet Corp. in a trade secrets case involving insulin pump technology against Korean rival EOFlow Co.
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News

Wish List Unlocked: Here’s What Lawyers Want For Christmas

Law.com asked litigators–and neutrals–what they wanted to be gifted, both literally and figuratively, for the holidays.
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Litigator of the (Past) Week: A $34.7M Defamation Win For Former Walmart Truck Driver

David deRubertis of The deRubertis Law Firm and Mohamed Eldessouky of Eldessouky Law convinced jurors in San Bernardino, California, that the company defamed client Jesse Fonseca by claiming he committed a fireable “integrity” violation of Walmart’s ethics code when he took pre-planned, disclosed family trips while on worker’s compensation.
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Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct. 2 in Massachusetts District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Stephen Austen, accuses certain officers and directors of misleading investors in regard to Symbotic's potential for margin growth by failing to disclose that the company was not equipped to timely deploy its systems or manage expenses through project delays. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, is 1:24-cv-12522, Austen v. Cohen et al.

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Edmund Polubinski and Marie Killmond of Davis Polk & Wardwell have entered appearances for data platform software development company MongoDB and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Oct. 7 in New York Southern District Court by the Brown Law Firm, accuses the company's directors and/or officers of falsely expressing confidence in the company’s restructuring of its sales incentive plan and downplaying the severity of decreases in its upfront commitments. The case is 1:24-cv-07594, Roy v. Ittycheria et al.

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Amy O. Bruchs and Kurt F. Ellison of Michael Best & Friedrich have entered appearances for Epic Systems Corp. in a pending employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed Sept. 7 in Wisconsin Western District Court by Levine Eisberner LLC and Siri & Glimstad on behalf of a project manager who claims that he was wrongfully terminated after applying for a religious exemption to the defendant's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor, is 3:24-cv-00630, Secker, Nathan v. Epic Systems Corporation.

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David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.

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Greenberg Traurig shareholder Joshua L. Raskin has entered an appearance for boohoo.com UK Ltd. in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Texas Eastern District Court by Rozier Hardt McDonough on behalf of Alto Dynamics, asserts five patents related to an online shopping platform. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, is 2:24-cv-00719, Alto Dynamics, LLC v. boohoo.com UK Limited.

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