Jenna Greene is editor of The Litigation Daily and author of the "Daily Dicta" column. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and can be reached at [email protected].
February 06, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: Shanmugam Marks One Year at Paul Weiss with Back-to-Back Blockbuster Arguments—3,000 Miles Apart"It sounds completely clichéd, but it's all about preparation," Shanmugam said.
By Jenna Greene
6 minute read
February 05, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: O'Melveny Associate Gets Convictions Against Border Activists for Leaving Water in the Desert ReversedOf all the ugly, mean-spirited cases to bring, it's hard to top prosecuting people for leaving caches of water and food in the desert wilderness…
By Jenna Greene
7 minute read
February 04, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: Why the Feds Deserved to Fail in Fitbit Trade Secrets Case'We have always believed that our client was innocent and that this case never should have been brought,' said Walter Brown Jr., who heads Orrick's white collar practice
By Jenna Greene
7 minute read
February 02, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: 'Varsity Blues' Parent Accuses Feds of Withholding Exculpatory Evidence in College Admissions ScandalLawyers from Hueston Hennigan and Sidley Austin representing private equity investor William McGlashan Jr. offer a far more nuanced narrative than federal prosecutors originally presented, laying the grounds for an entrapment defense and possible acquittal.
By Jenna Greene
8 minute read
January 31, 2020 | Litigation Daily
And the LOTW Runners Up...Honorable mention goes to lawyers from McKool Smith; Dechert; Foley Hoag; Sullivan & Cromwell; Akin Gump; and Winston & Strawn.
By Jenna Greene
4 minute read
January 31, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Litigator of the Week: The First Time's a ($236M) Charm for New Boutique Reichman Jorgensen'Small, elite teams are our model, and history has proven that some of the best trial results are achieved with teams of this size,' said Reichman Jorgensen founder Courtland Reichman.
By Jenna Greene
8 minute read
January 30, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: Winston Wins Against Junk 'Expert' Testimony in Illinois Murder CaseThe problem wasn't just that ex-FBI profiler Mark Safarik testified about crime scene analysis in the murder of Kathleen King. It's that he also weighed in on issues outside his supposed expertise. as well as those where no experts were needed.
By Jenna Greene
8 minute read
January 29, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: One More Reason It's Great to Be Litigator of the WeekA judge in New York state court cited the LOTW win by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan partners Maaren Shah and Luke Nikas as grounds to grant the firm's entire legal fee request.
By Jenna Greene
7 minute read
January 28, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: White Collar Dream Team Suggests Fix for Insider Trading LawsThe 31-page report by the Bharara Task Force on Insider Trading offers a clear overview of why insider trading enforcement 'has suffered—and continues to suffer—from uncertainty and ambiguity to a degree not seen in other areas of law.'
By Jenna Greene
6 minute read
January 26, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: With a Growing Team of Big Law Alums, Everytown Law Takes Aim at the Firearms IndustryOver the past three years, the gun safety advocacy group Everytown Law has been building a formidable in-house team, growing from one lawyer to 15 full-time litigators.
By Jenna Greene
4 minute read
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