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Daily Dicta: Tangled Fight over Hair Dye Pits Quinn Emanuel against Paul Hastings

Jenna Greene | June 21, 2018

A big-time IP battle over hair coloring technology pits industry giant L'Oréal and its lawyers from Paul Hastings against a tiny California start-up represented by a team from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.

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Daily Dicta: Are Lawsuits the Tool to Un-Do Family Separation Policy?

Jenna Greene | June 21, 2018

As everyone from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to the ACLU recoils at the separation of migrant children from their parents, there’s a clear sense that many in the legal community are eager to fight again. The question is, what exactly can lawyers do?

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Daily Dicta: Egg on Their Faces: Plaintiffs Giants Come up Empty in $3B Antitrust Trial

Jenna Greene | June 18, 2018

Ten co-defendants settled for a combined $150 million, but the trio of egg producers left standing were willing to risk everything by going to trial. Their gamble paid off.

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Daily Dicta: As Loretta Lynch Braces for DOJ IG Report, Eric Holder’s Prospects Soar

Jenna Greene | June 14, 2018

When Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz releases his report today on how the feds handled the Clinton email investigation, many expect former Attorney General Loretta Lynch will not fare well. Her predecessor Eric Holder, on the other hand, is flying high.

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Daily Dicta: For Kirkland Team, This Trial Totally Sucked (But Not in the Way You Think

Jenna Greene | June 13, 2018

Advertisements are fleeting. Do you really want to go to trial four years down the road over a misleading claim? If you’re vacuum cleaner maker Dyson Inc., the answer is yes.

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Daily Dicta: Wrongly Convicted of Murder, Six Defendants Win Fight for $28M Jury Award

Jenna Greene | June 12, 2018

More than 30 years ago, 68-year-old Helen Wilson was raped and murdered in the Nebraska town of Beatrice. On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit doled out a small measure of justice in a case where it’s been almost entirely lacking

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Daily Dicta: You Guys Are Blowing It

Jenna Greene | June 11, 2018

In a new survey, more than 100 judges reported that they routinely find relevant case law that’s not cited in an attorney’s brief.

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Daily Dicta: Why a $1.3B Payout Is a Good Deal for SocGen

Jenna Greene | June 07, 2018

The deal took some highly skilled maneuvering by the bank’s lawyers from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Debevoise & Plimpton and Mayer Brown.

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Daily Dicta: Dream of Leaving Big Law to Launch a Litigation Boutique? These Two Lawyers Made it Work

Jenna Greene | June 06, 2018

“Lawyers are risk-averse by nature, but I knew if I didn’t give this a try, I’d regret it for the rest of my life,” said Randolph Gaw, whose litigation boutique Gaw Poe celebrated its fourth birthday with a pair of wins.

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Daily Dicta: A ‘Cocky’ Fight Over a Romance Novel

Jenna Greene | June 05, 2018

“Authors should be able to express themselves in their choice of titles. A single word commonly used in book titles cannot be ‘owned’ by one author. "

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Daily Dicta: Is This Suit Merely Stupid—or a Secret Conspiracy to Discredit the Plaintiffs Bar?

Jenna Greene | June 04, 2018

Some would-be class actions are so ridiculous that all you can do is shake your head and think “Wow, the lawyer who filed that passed the bar?” But what if there's actually something more nefarious afoot?

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Daily Dicta: Mayer Brown Wins Battle Over 'Humane' Label

Jenna Greene | May 31, 2018

A would-be class action against poultry giant Foster Farms and the American Humane Association questions what it means to raise an animal “humanely” for slaughter.

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What Clients Really Want From Outside Counsel

Lean Adviser Legal | May 31, 2018

It doesn't take a magic formula or a lengthy pitch to impress clients, just master these five fundamentals.

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Daily Dicta: Boies Schiller Wins Suit Over Constitutional Right to Smoke Medical Marijuana

Jenna Greene | May 30, 2018

Ah, constitutional law. Where judges can reach back to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson in defense of the proposition that it’s OK to smoke (as opposed to eat or vape) medical marijuana.

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Daily Dicta: Feeling Insecure

Jenna Greene | May 24, 2018

Jared Kushner has been granted a permanent security clearance—and it’s an affront to every government worker and contractor held to a far stricter standard than the president’s son-in-law.

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Daily Dicta: Saying Goodbye, Quinn Emanuel Style

Jenna Greene | May 24, 2018

Lateral moves are like Easter eggs. They can hold all sorts of hidden meanings,

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Daily Dicta: Here’s the Skinny: Plaintiffs on Losing Streak in Diet Soda Class Actions

Jenna Greene | May 22, 2018

Drinking diet soda will not make you skinny—and may actually do the opposite. But that's not enough to sustain would-be class actions against Diet Pepsi, Diet Coke and Diet Dr. Pepper.

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Daily Dicta: No Harm, No Foul—or So These O’Melveny Lawyers Hope

Jenna Greene | May 21, 2018

The new FTC commissioners face an early test: Will they accept the Impax loss, deferring to the ALJ and his exhaustive, 162-page decision? Or will they vote to reverse him and revive criticism that the FTC’s administrative process is unfair?

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The Three-Letter Word Lawyers Should Avoid Using

Elizabeth A. Larsson | May 21, 2018

When was the last time a single word determined your future? As a lawyer, you’re probably attuned to the fact that it was pretty recent.

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Daily Dicta: Two Bad Doctors, One Enormous Payout and a Lesson Still Waiting to Be Learned

Jenna Greene | May 17, 2018

Michigan State University on Wednesday agreed to pay $500 million to settle claims by sexual assault victims of sports doctor Lawrence G. Nassar. Apparently USC has not learned from MSU's mistakes.

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Daily Dicta: Be Warned, Richard Posner Isn’t Playing Nice

Jenna Greene | May 16, 2018

Richard Posner knows how to hit a judge where it hurts.

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Daily Dicta: Stormy Daniels’ Made-for-TV Lawyer

Jenna Greene | May 14, 2018

It's not just you: Michael Avenatti is on TV constantly. But in an era where cable news is our town hall and Twitter our forum for public discourse, Avenatti—with his bronzed skin and tailored suits, dispensing sound bites or yelling that his opponents are thugs—shines.

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Daily Dicta: Wait, Elliott Broidy Hired Michael Cohen... Because Why?

Jenna Greene | May 10, 2018

One of these things is not like the others: Boies Schiller Flexner. Arnold & Porter. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Winston & Strawn. Michael D. Cohen & Associates. But they’ve all counted Elliott Broidy as a client.

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Daily Dicta: For Winston & Strawn, a Dog of a Case

Jenna Greene | May 09, 2018

The plaintiffs allege that a long list of canned dog food with yummy-sounding names like American Grill Burger Dinner with Real Bacon & Cheese Bits in Gravy also contain pentobarbital—which is what vets use to put animals to sleep.

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Daily Dicta: Five Firms Going Above and Beyond on Pro Bono

Jenna Greene | May 08, 2018

A salute to five firms that are tackling big-time pro bono cases.

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For Kennedy Cousin Skakel, a Gold-Plated Standard for Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Jenna Greene | May 07, 2018

As the saying goes, if your lawyer has a pulse, it’s not ineffective assistance of counsel. Unless you’re Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, who just had his conviction for murdering Martha Moxley in 1975 overturned.

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Daily Dicta: Litigator of the Week: America’s Dad Found ‘Guilty, Guilty, Guilty’

Jenna Greene | May 04, 2018

On leave from her new job as an associate at Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, Kristen Gibbons Feden turned the tables on Bill Cosby and his high-profile defense team.

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Daily Dicta: You’re a Brave Man, Mr. Flood

Jenna Greene | May 03, 2018

After months of hearing about a veritable parade of white collar stars who declined to represent President Trump in the Russia investigation, Emmet Flood finally took the bait. Will he escape the Trump curse?

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Daily Dicta: Game, Set and Match for King & Spalding in Xerox Merger Case

Jenna Greene | May 02, 2018

Faced with a devastating court ruling, Xerox on Tuesday threw in the towel, firing its CEO and half of its board of directors to resolve a proxy contest. It’s a stunning victory for King & Spalding lawyers and their client Darwin Deason.

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The Women Warriors Behind Gilead’s Huge Federal Circuit Win

Jenna Greene | May 02, 2018

Fish & Richardson partner Juanita Brooks, a titan of the IP bar, has been practicing for 40 years. This is the first time she's had a case where both her courtroom team and the in-house lawyers have all been women.

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Daily Dicta: David Boies on Backpage, Pro Bono and Why He Became a Lawyer

Jenna Greene | May 01, 2018

It’s already taken thousands of hours and millions of dollars, but David Boies is determined to hold Backpage.com accountable for sex trafficking children.

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Without Accidents, Aviation Law Grows in New Areas

Pamela C. Hicks | May 01, 2018

When I first started working on aviation cases 20 years ago, it was not uncommon for my time to be spent defending lawsuits related to commercial airline…

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Daily Dicta: Kicked Out of the Robe: Will Judges Be Targeted with Recall Campaigns?

Joshua Spivak | April 30, 2018

Historically, there has been an aversion to recalling judges. That may be changing.

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Daily Dicta: Atop the Am Law 100, One of These Firms Is Not Like the Others

Jenna Greene | April 26, 2018

Year after year, the most profitable firms are invariably New York corporate/ M&A powerhouses. Mid-size firms that focus more on litigation tend to lag far behind. But then, there’s Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, a testament that litigation alone can also be wildly lucrative.

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Daily Dicta: Watch Out—There’s a New Cyber Cop on the Beat

Jenna Greene | April 25, 2018

The SEC fined Altaba, formerly known as Yahoo! Inc., $35 million to settle charges that it misled shareholders by failing to disclose a massive data breach in 2014.

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Daily Dicta: When a SLAPP Feels More like a Sucker Punch

Jenna Greene | April 24, 2018

Anti-SLAPP suits can be deeply unsatisfying, as two recent cases—one involving fitness guru Richard Simmons, the other a man on a self-proclaimed mission to stop revenge porn and cyber-bullying—make clear.

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Daily Dicta: When the Judge Doesn't Like You; Saw Makers Notch a Win

Jenna Greene | April 23, 2018

Judicial bias is a tricky thing. Is the judge ruling against you because she doesn’t like your legal arguments? Or is it personal? Either way, it’s bold—and potentially risky—move to call on a judge to recuse for bias. But Mike Daugherty is not one to shy away from a fight.

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Daily Dicta: Litigator of the Week: And Client Number Three Is…

Jenna Greene | April 21, 2018

Not every Litigator of the Week need be the victor of a long, scorched-earth battle in court. Sometimes, all it takes is the perfect interjection. And for that, we recognize this week’s winner: Davis Wright Tremaine partner Robert Balin,

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Trial by Jury: An American Expert Tells Us What We’re Losing

Valerie P. Hans | April 20, 2018

If you follow high-profile trials, you might be surprised to learn that the jury system is in serious decline in America. That’s a big problem.

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

Jenna Greene | April 12, 2018

It's like Sophie's Choice for lawyers.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Daily Dicta: Saluting the Lawyers Who Do Good (Thank You)

Jenna Greene | April 05, 2018

Pro bono is one of the most admirable things about the legal profession, and these lawyers from Akin Gump; Akerman and Orrick have done exceptional work.

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Daily Dicta: What do Fish, Eggs and This Lawsuit Have in Common? They Don’t Get Better With Age

Jenna Greene | April 04, 2018

What's (still) wrong with an antitrust suit targeting restaurants that include the tip in the price of the food--Plus Skadden securities litigators score again and Schulte Roth wins one for Reed Smith.

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Daily Dicta: Can Pillsbury Partner Save Outrageous Sinclair-Tribune Merger?

Jenna Greene | April 03, 2018

Miles Mason is representing Sinclair Broadcast Group, which needs approval from the Federal Communications Commission for its $3.9 billion purchase of Tribune Media Co. The The Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman partner's job just got a lot harder.

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