Litigation

  • Litigation Daily

    In Marketing Its 'Trial Jocks,' K&L Gates Takes a New Approach

    By Jenna Greene | October 3, 2017

    Don't you hate it when you slog away through motions and discovery for months or years, only to get bumped when the client realizes (holy crap!) that this thing is going to trial? Conversely, don't you love it when you're the one who gets the call to parachute in? Both sentiments animate a new marketing initiative by K&L Gates that the firm has dubbed “The Trial Academy.”

  • Litigation Daily

    Words of Wisdom from Master Litigators

    By Jenna Greene | September 28, 2017

    Authenticity. That more than any other quality was flagged as a key to success by 22 litigators showcased in the National Law Journal's annual “Winning” special report published on Wednesday. What other advice did they have?

  • Litigation Daily

    Will Your Case Go to Trial? This Computer Program Might Know the Answer

    By Jenna Greene | September 20, 2017

    Wondering whether a given lawsuit will go to trial? SettlementAnalytics unveiled a new tool to predict the likelihood. But some Big Law litigators are skeptical that all the intangibles that determine the course of litigation can be factored in.

  • Litigation Daily

    No Jerks Allowed: Who Made the Grade for 2017 American College of Trial Lawyers

    By Jenna Greene | September 19, 2017

    Litigation can be a nasty business—but the very best lawyers are those who can win cases without being jerks. That's the central premise of the American College of Trial Lawyers, which just inducted its newest members.

  • Litigation Daily

    Shout-Out: Weil's $4 Billion Save

    By Jenna Greene | September 6, 2017

    With $4 billion on the line, a team from Weil, Gotshal & Manges led by litigation department co-chair Jonathan Polkes scored a decisive summary judgment win on behalf of some of the biggest names in finance and real estate, beating back an investor class action that had been headed for trial.

  • National Law Journal

    'PACER Should Be Free,' Tech Scholar Argues in New Paper

    By Marcia Coyle | September 6, 2017

    The federal judiciary's fee-based access to its public online database, known as PACER, is not just anachronistic and counter to history but harms the structural integrity of the modern judiciary, a new research article claims.

  • The Recorder

    Federal Judge Sanctions Two California Lawyers in Abortion Videos Case

    By Cheryl Miller | September 1, 2017

    A federal judge has sanctioned two California lawyers for civil contempt rooted in their roles in posting secretly recorded videos of abortion providers that had been barred from public release by an injunction. Judge William Orrick, however, in his sanctions order, slashed the fees requested by the Morrison & Foerster team that represented the plaintiff, the National Abortion Federation, in the suit.

  • Litigation Daily

    Litigators of the Week: Grabbing the Prize After the Prize Fight

    By Amanda Bronstad | August 31, 2017

    Floyd Mayweather's defeat over Conor McGregor wasn't the only boxing win worth talking about this past week—lawyers at O'Melveny & Myers scored a total knockout of dozens of class actions brought over a 2015 bout dubbed the “Fight of the Century.”

  • National Law Journal

    Maybe Not an 'Anti-Trump Firm,' but Still Suing the White House Often

    By Marcia Coyle | August 22, 2017

    Don't call the Washington boutique shop Gupta Wessler an "anti-Trump law firm," said its founder, Deepak Gupta. A number of Trump-related policies fall squarely within the firm's core mission, he said, putting the lawyers there—an expanding group—in court in major fights against the White House.

  • The Recorder

    Irell Avoids Shock Verdict in Defibrillator Patent Case

    By Scott Graham | August 3, 2017

    Normally, a $10 million verdict is nothing to crow about. But Irell partner David Gindler called it an "amazing outcome" for his client considering Dutch electronics corporation Koninklijke Philips N.V. was seeking $217 million.

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