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July 12, 2017 | National Law Journal

Mayer Brown Partners to Congress: Don't Play 'Kiddie Soccer' on Russia Investigation

In a rare glimpse of what it might be like to be their clients, Mayer Brown partners Richard Ben-Veniste and Andrew Frey offered some words of wisdom for lawmakers Tuesday on their investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
10 minute read
June 23, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pfizer Wins Immediate Appeal Over Unsettled Whistleblower Questions

In a ruling that placed on pause an 11-year-old whistleblower suit against Pfizer, a federal judge has granted an immediate appeal on three issues that weigh into unsettled areas of law related to the False Claims Act.
11 minute read
June 23, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Wonder Woman and Evidence Law

Wonder Woman is a box office hit; Rotten Tomatoes rates it at 92 percent. This past week, I saw it with the Bracewell first year and summer associates and was wowed. But what is little known to lawyers—despite a brilliant book by Harvard historian Jill Lepore—is the role of Wonder Woman's creator, Dr. William Mouton Marston, in the history of evidence law.
14 minute read
January 12, 2017 |

Prosecutors, SEC Fight to Save Dewey Bankruptcy Records Before Retrial

In an unusual move, the Manhattan district attorney and the Securities and Exchange Commission have rushed to intervene in the Dewey & LeBoeuf bankruptcy case, challenging the trustee's plans to destroy records and emails that the government said it needs to prosecute the firm's former leaders.
7 minute read
August 31, 2016 |

Attempted Spoliation Translates Into Fee-Shifting

Late on New Year's Eve 2013, Philip Shawe broke into the office of his business partner, Elizabeth Elting, removed her hard drive, instructed an employee to image the hard drive, and then returned the hard drive to Elting's office after concealing any evidence that it had been taken.
13 minute read
February 25, 2016 |

4 Ways to Quickly Achieve a Digital Matter File: A Case Study

A case study on how Anderson McPharlin went paperless in less than six months.
4 minute read
November 11, 2015 |

In Unusual Ruling, Judge Nixes At Least 750 Diabetes Drug Cases

A federal judge's rare move has tossed out at least 750 failure-to-warn lawsuits filed against the makers of four diabetes drugs based on the federal pre-emption doctrine.
4 minute read
October 02, 2015 |

Judge Nixes 'E-Cigarettes Are Safer' Argument

A Boston federal judge has blocked plaintiffs suing Philip Morris USA from arguing that the company should have provided e-cigarettes to consumers as a safer alternative to tobacco cigarettes.
3 minute read
July 28, 2015 |

At Mock Trial, These D.C. Students Make Their Case

Middle school students in Washington act out plaintiff, defense and witness roles as part of the fifth annual career day and mock trial for Higher Achievement scholars, hosted at Mayer Brown's D.C. office. D.C. Superior Court judges Judith Bartnoff and Neal Kravitz presided over the mock trial.
5 minute read
April 23, 2015 |

PSU Trustees Seek Freeh Docs to Weigh Liability, Future Litigation

A cadre of Penn State trustees say they need full access to Freeh report source materials not only to monitor the university's civil liability for child sexual-abuse claims, but also to evaluate the possibility of instituting a future lawsuit over the report itself.
4 minute read

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