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Litigators of the Week: Feds Drop Charges Against Maryland Lawyer Facing Fraud Case Over $12M in Somali Funds

After four years of pretrial litigation by a defense team at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld team led by Paul Butler, Allison Coffin and Madeline Bardi, federal prosecutors dropped all charges against Maryland attorney Jeremy Schulman last week.
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Quick Takes

Another Loaded Batch of Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs

Lawyers at Selendy Gay landed what appears to be the largest damages award ever in an earnout dispute in Delaware. David Sanford of Sanford Heisler Sharp secured a win for the family of murder victim Hae Min Lee at the Maryland Supreme Court.
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Becoming 'America's Largest Injury Firm': Why Morgan & Morgan Isn't Hurting for Business

A look at how the firm John Morgan founded in 1988 has expanded to more than 100 offices–at least one in all 50 states—with more than 1,000 attorneys firmwide.
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Profile

For Sheppard Mullin Pro Bono Team, Three Big Disability Rights Wins in One Day

Sheppard Mullin pro bono partner Daniel Brown began working on disability rights issues after his brother became a wheelchair user after a spinal cord injury.
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New Revenue Streams: Transform unprofitable practices into thriving businesses

Learn how Gen AI can help lawyers to transform unprofitable practices into new revenue streams.
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Talking Shop About Tom Girardi's Criminal Trial With My Colleague Amanda Bronstad

Last week a federal jury in Los Angeles convicted former powerhouse plaintiffs lawyer Tom Girardi of four counts of wire fraud in cases where his clients weren't paid what they were due in settlements. We discussed the trial with Law.com's Amanda Bronstad, who has covered Girardi for two decades and was at the trial each day.
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Editor's Letter

Litigator of the Week (Updated) FAQs

An overview of the weekly Litigator of the Week feature.
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Podcast

Be Likable, Tell the Story Right: Mike Lynch/Autonomy Trial Left As Much Out as Was Allowed In

ALM reporter Maria Dinzeo covered the Lynch trial and she speaks with Legal Speak's Patrick Smith about the happenings in the courtroom, how the jury reacted to testimony from witnesses on both sides and how several elements that could have impacted the jury's decision were not allowed to be presented to the jury.
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Q&A

Litigators of the Week: Second Circuit Tells Argentina to Turn Over More Than $300M to Bondholders

The Second Circuit held that certain funds weren't protected by the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, handing a win to investors represented by Dennis Hranitzky, John Bash and Alex Loomis of Quinn Emanuel.
7 minute read
Quick Takes

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs

Davis Polk & Wardwell secured a win for Morgan Stanley in a case the firm has handled since 2012 against German bank IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG stemming from IKB's purchase of residential mortgage-backed securities between 2005 and 2007.
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Edward T. Kole of Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer has entered an appearance for Sandoz in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The complaint, filed Aug. 26 in New Jersey District Court by Robinson Miller LLC, asserts forty six patents pertaining to Eyelea, a retinal disease treatment. The suit contends that the defendant's abbreviated biologics license application, which seeks FDA approval for the marketing and sale of a generic version of the plaintiff's product, will violate the plaintiff's asserted patents. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Michael E. Farbiarz, is 2:24-cv-08760, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Sandoz Inc.

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Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz shareholder Zachary B. Busey has entered an appearance for Alliance Health Center in a pending lawsuit over alleged wage-and-hour violations. The action was filed on July 22 in Mississippi Southern District Court by Watson & Norris on behalf of a nurse who accuses the defendant of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to pay accurate overtime wages. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate, is 3:24-cv-00428, Chancellor v. Alliance Health Center, Inc.

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Maynard, Cooper & Gale shareholder Josh B. Baker and Aaron J. Campbell of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings have entered appearances for Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co. and P&S Insurance Risk Retention Group, respectively, in a pending complaint for declaratory relief. The action, filed on July 22 in Alabama Northern District Court by Norman, Wood, Kendrick & Turner on behalf of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance USA and Steel Summit Holdings, seeks to declare that the defendants have a duty to indemnify the plaintiffs in an underlying personal injury lawsuit. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge L. Scott Coogler, is 5:24-cv-00982, Steel Summit Holdings Inc et al v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company et al

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