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Corporate Counsel

iRobot Picks Up Law Firm Partner as New Legal Chief

Kevin Lanouette replaces Tonya Drake, a 10-year veteran of the company who is moving into an advisory role.
3 minute read

Law.com

Apple Disputes 'Efforts to Manufacture' Imaging Sensor Claims Against iPhone 15 Technology

An undisclosed agreement between the parties appears to be a sticking point as to whether the plaintiff could pursue the allegations.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Carlos Ortiz Retiring After 35-Year Run as GC of Goya Foods

Goya says it has 4,000 employees and is the nation's largest Hispanic-owned food company.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pittsburgh's Reed Smith, K&L Gates Join Fight to Save Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel Merger

Ropes & Gray, Milbank and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz all advised on the $14 billion acquisition. They're joined in two federal lawsuits filed in Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh by attorneys from Reed Smith and K&L Gates as well as Mayer Brown.
5 minute read

Law.com

After $4M Verdict, Federal Judge Denies Request for New Trial on Unsuccessful Trademark Claims

The jury was told that a defense to the plaintiff's claims may be proving that the trademarks are used only as a model number, not for source identification, and "lack secondary meaning."
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Federal Court Rejects Plaintiff's Attempt to Amend Claims Against Weapons Manufacturer

"As [the] plaintiff, who was represented by counsel, never filed a motion for leave to file an amended complaint, the court's dismissal without prejudice was not in error. Accordingly, [Libardo Jaramillo] has not demonstrated that there are exceptional circumstances warranting setting aside the judgment," U.S. District Judge Leslie A. Gardner concluded in a "drop-fire defect" claim against the Taurus GX4 Pistol.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'Be Comfortable Being Uncomfortable': Pearls of Wisdom From 2024 GC Q&As

"In some ways, my job is to make sure that our legal positions are informed by our engineering realities and that our engineering practices conform to our legal realities," said Microsoft's CLO. "And that's really brokering—it's brokering solutions."
10 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Meat Institute Promotes Former Senior Tyson Lawyer to GC

Mark Dopp is handing the legal reins to his top deputy, Bryan Burns, after serving as GC for a quarter-century.
2 minute read

Law.com

Contested Engineer Cleared to Testify in Defective Pistol Suit, Federal Judge Rules

Sig Sauer asked the Massachusetts court to follow the guidance of a 2021 decision from Texas federal court, which held that the contested expert did not offer a "generalized acceptance of his theory," of uncommanded firings—meaning firing without pulling the trigger—because he didn't perform functional tests.
4 minute read

Law.com

Insurers Dodge Sherwin-Williams' Claim for $102M Lead Paint Abatement Payment, State High Court Rules

This week, the Ohio Supreme Court unanimously agreed that the abatement fund payment did not constitute "damages" under Sherwin-Williams' insurance contracts.
5 minute read

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