Summer Associate Programs in Limbo, SCOTUS Pushes On, Saving Hospitality Cos.: The Morning Minute
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March 27, 2020 at 06:00 AM
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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING
SUMMER PLANS – While Boies Schiller has chosen to proceed with its summer associate program, other firms, including Paul Weiss, are still undecided about any changes as they operate under work-from-home policies. Jack Newsham reports that Covington & Burling says it's moving forward with its summer program as planned, but Sullivan & Worcester hasn't made a decision about its four-student summer program. More will be revealed in the next two weeks, says Nathan Peart, a managing director at recruiting firm Major, Lindsey & Africa.
CONFINED – As advocates push for judges to release vulnerable federal inmates during the COVID-19 pandemic under a provision of the First Step Act, U.S. Attorney General William Barr has directed the federal Bureau of Prisons to begin identifying older and medically at-risk inmates for release to home confinement, as officials address the spread of the virus inside the agency's 122 facilities. New York, Georgia and Louisiana have reported coronavirus cases among prisoners in their facilities.
ONWARD - The U.S. Supreme Court's building is closed to the public, but the court's work goes on. The justices meet for their private conference today, and among the cases they'll review is Ohio's challenge to a legal-fee award in an abortion rights case, Marcia Coyle reports. Ohio's lawyers question whether Planned Parenthood was a "prevailing party" after winning a preliminary injunction. Lawyers for the reproductive rights group contend there's no dispute that it was a prevailing party and entitled to legal fees.
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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
ADJUSTMENTS – More publicly listed U.K-based law firms have instituted protective measures against stock market uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Krishnan Nair reports that The Ince Group has canceled an interim dividend and decided to delay the announcement of its full-year results. Meanwhile, Knights will reduce its board member salaries by 30%. Earlier this week, Gateley canceled its interim dividend.
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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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