Stickier Claims Against Trump? In-House Dollars Go To Diverse Firms, Dersh's Bid: The Morning Minute
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September 25, 2019 at 06:00 AM
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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING
OFFICIAL – And here we are. The House of Representatives is moving forward with a formal impeachment inquiry against President Trump. As Jacqueline Thomsen reports, legal experts say the new claims—that the president sought to damage a political rival through the official capacity of his office—may prove to be more solid than the initial allegations of collusion investigated by former special counsel Robert Mueller.
SPENDING – Legal departments at 31 companies that signed onto an inclusion initiative have spent $1.6 billion with minority- and women-owned law firms since 2010. Dylan Jackson reports that in 2018 alone, the corporate legal departments at Google, 3M, Bank of America and Target, among others, spent $240 million with firms, as part of the initiative launched in 2010 and administered by the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms. This year, Walgreens and Honda joined the program, bringing the total amount of participating clients to 33.
ROUTINE – Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has officially launched its service focused on high-volume legal work. Dan Packel reports that the effort, dubbed BCLP Cubed, comprises 150 people from the firm's offices in Manchester, England, and St. Louis to handle what it says are clients' "business-as-usual needs."
MARIJUANA MONEY – The House of Representatives may vote on legislation today that would allow financial services providers to work with state-legal cannabis businesses free from federal prosecution.
EDITOR'S PICKS
US Regulator Files Sealed Appeal Over Judge's Sanctions Inquiry
Dershowitz's Lawyers Want Boies Schiller Ousted in Epstein-Related Case
Why Firms Keep Flocking to 'Perfect' Minneapolis
Sullivan & Cromwell Brings Aboard Lateral Hire from Wilmer
Hear Ye, Hear Ye! First Amendment Clinics Trending at Law Schools
Marriott Moves to Dismiss Data Breach Lawsuit, Says Passport Numbers Useless to Hackers
5 Law Firms Crack Working Mother Top 100 Companies List
WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
CHINA GROWTH – The 45 highest-grossing Chinese law firms reported $8.7 billion in global revenue in 2018, up 17.1% from 2017. As part of our Global 100 report, Anna Zhang writes that 17 firms among the China 45 reported 2018 revenue above $100 million, compared with 10 the prior year.
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Who Got The Work
Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct. 2 in Massachusetts District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Stephen Austen, accuses certain officers and directors of misleading investors in regard to Symbotic's potential for margin growth by failing to disclose that the company was not equipped to timely deploy its systems or manage expenses through project delays. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, is 1:24-cv-12522, Austen v. Cohen et al.
Who Got The Work
Edmund Polubinski and Marie Killmond of Davis Polk & Wardwell have entered appearances for data platform software development company MongoDB and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Oct. 7 in New York Southern District Court by the Brown Law Firm, accuses the company's directors and/or officers of falsely expressing confidence in the company’s restructuring of its sales incentive plan and downplaying the severity of decreases in its upfront commitments. The case is 1:24-cv-07594, Roy v. Ittycheria et al.
Who Got The Work
Amy O. Bruchs and Kurt F. Ellison of Michael Best & Friedrich have entered appearances for Epic Systems Corp. in a pending employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed Sept. 7 in Wisconsin Western District Court by Levine Eisberner LLC and Siri & Glimstad on behalf of a project manager who claims that he was wrongfully terminated after applying for a religious exemption to the defendant's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor, is 3:24-cv-00630, Secker, Nathan v. Epic Systems Corporation.
Who Got The Work
David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Greenberg Traurig shareholder Joshua L. Raskin has entered an appearance for boohoo.com UK Ltd. in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Texas Eastern District Court by Rozier Hardt McDonough on behalf of Alto Dynamics, asserts five patents related to an online shopping platform. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, is 2:24-cv-00719, Alto Dynamics, LLC v. boohoo.com UK Limited.
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