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Labor and employment law firm Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC announced Wednesday that it has added a partner in Miami with decades of experience who joined from Fox Rothschild LLP.
ArentFox Schiff LLP has added a former Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP associate in the firm's office in San Francisco, strengthening its intellectual property practice with a former prosecutor and litigator who helped a client win a $268 million award.
Lone Star State business boutique Brown Fox PLLC has strengthened its labor and employment bench with a partner in Dallas who came aboard from Jackson Lewis PC.
Diaz Reus LLP picked up a new partner for its Miami headquarters who handles complex commercial litigation, class action defense and securities and fraud litigation from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP.
Former colleagues of retired Georgia attorney Lin Wood slammed a bid to have the judge presiding over a defamation trial next month disqualified over his ties to Alston & Bird LLP, calling the effort "another last-minute, 'Hail Mary' attempt to delay the upcoming trial."
A Los Angeles-area entrepreneur cannot escape a $462,000 legal fee arbitration judgment in favor of his former legal counsel, a California appellate panel determined, finding that a trial court was correct to approve the amount after he failed to appear at the arbitration, despite his claims of being bedridden due to COVID-19.
Ognjen "Ogi" Zivojnovic of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP successfully represented a small tech company in a patent dispute with Meta Platforms Inc. and got Salesforce Inc. a summary judgment victory when it was sued for allegedly infringing patents, earning him a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under the age of 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Kevin Simpson of Winston & Strawn LLP has represented major companies including Wal-Mart and Hertz in Telephone Consumer Protection Act lawsuits, earning him a spot among the cybersecurity attorneys under the age of 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
A $1.5 million settlement resolving class action claims over Georgetown University's move to remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic scored initial approval, but a D.C. federal judge said he has concerns about the limited payout class members will receive after accounting for attorney fees.
WilmerHale has taken over from Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP as counsel for Tesla in a proposed class action in California federal court alleging the company runs an unlawful monopoly on parts for its electric vehicles.
A precedential ruling from the Federal Circuit on Tuesday found that Delaware's top judge has the right to fine a Texas paralegal who is the sole owner of patent litigation outfit Backertop Licensing LLC $200 a day for refusing to show up in court as part of the judge's investigation into whether Backertop and others hid their connection to big-name intellectual property consulting firm IP Edge.
Jackson Walker and the U.S. Trustee's Office on Tuesday defended the questions they plan to ask former bankruptcy judge David R. Jones during a deposition over his concealed romantic relationship with an ex-partner of the law firm, telling a Texas bankruptcy judge the inquiries aren't barred by confidentiality protections.
An Oregon federal judge has fully adopted a magistrate judge's recommendation to sign off on a $4.5 million deal resolving investor claims against law firm Davis Wright Tremaine LLP for its work representing entities involved in an alleged real estate securities fraud scheme, while two banks were dismissed from the case.
A former New Jersey county health director who claims his termination was retaliatory wants the firm representing the county disqualified, arguing Testa Heck Testa & White PA is conflicted due to interactions he had with two of the firm's attorneys before and during his termination meeting.
Columbia University has urged the Federal Circuit to preserve its $600 million willful patent infringement judgment against NortonLifeLock Inc., telling the court that Norton's "kitchen-sink" appeal "raises a slew of issues, hoping something will stick" and challenging Quinn Emanuel's appeal of a civil contempt ruling as "baseless and, ultimately, academic."
The American Civil Liberties Union's national legal director plans to step down from a role he has held for eight years, the organization confirmed Tuesday.
Jewish organizations suing the University of California, Berkeley, and its law school for allegedly tolerating an antisemitic culture on campus fought to keep their suit alive this week in the face of a motion to dismiss, maintaining their claims are ripe despite UC Berkeley's "bold misreading" of the case.
Florida's Shutts & Bowen LLP has tapped a pair of its partners to serve at the helm of its intellectual property practice group, the firm announced Tuesday.
A month after three officers of a Connecticut nonprofit failed to sit for postverdict depositions in a $13.8 million wrongful death case because their attorney was on vacation in Europe, the organization dodged sanctions Tuesday in state court when a judge ordered them to submit to the questioning within 30 days.
King & Spalding LLP's Jenny Pelaez has put in powerhouse litigation efforts that have helped NatWest and TD Bank beat financial benchmark-rigging claims, landing her a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
A Georgia federal judge is denying for now 1-800-Flowers.com's push to recover up to $4.3 million in attorney fees, as its rival Edible Arrangements LLC appeals a ruling that ended its trademark infringement suit against the company.
The former general counsel of several CBD companies has told a Pennsylvania federal judge that their owner failed to keep up her end of a settlement agreement that ended his suit to obtain over $600,000 in back pay and benefits he and his wife felt they were owed.
Safe Health Systems Inc. can't proceed with its lawsuit against Greenspoon Marder LLP over the allegedly fraudulent sale of COVID-19 test kits, as a New York federal judge determined without objection from the digital healthcare company that it lacked diversity jurisdiction among the parties.
A former chair of Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis LLP's criminal defense and regulatory compliance practice moved to McCarter & English LLP this week, bringing over 25 years of experience representing doctors, elected officials and other high-profile clients.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's Miami litigation practice group leader, who describes himself as "fanatically passionate" about trial work, has hopped over to Sidley Austin LLP as a partner in the firm's commercial litigation and disputes practice.