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].
May 25, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Litigation Leaders: Willkie's Tariq Mundiya on New Offices, Nimble Staffing and Litigating With a Single Purpose'Sometimes litigation is like a game of chess, and sometimes it's just good old-fashioned hand-to-hand combat. Regardless of where any particular case falls on that spectrum, Willkie litigators really enjoy what they do and the results demonstrate it. '
By Jenna Greene
14 minute read
May 22, 2020 | Litigation Daily
And the LOTW Runners Up...Honorable mention goes to lawyers from Winston & Strawn; Hagens Berman; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Kirkland & Ellis
By Jenna Greene
2 minute read
May 22, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Litigator of the Week: Weil's Jonathan Polkes Carves Out a Win for Carlyle in Delaware'The case directly presents some of the most pressing issues regarding material adverse effect clauses and the pandemic,' said Polkes, the global co-chair of Weil's litigation practice.
By Jenna Greene
11 minute read
May 21, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: Once Partners, Now Adversaries, Quinn Emanuel and Selendy & Gay Face Off in 2 Huge Class ActionsThe cases are a big deal for Selendy & Gay, which has partnered with Boies Schiller Flexner spin-off Roche Cyrulnik Freedman to bring a dozen class actions seeking billions of dollars from the world's largest crypto-asset exchanges and major digital token issuers.
By Jenna Greene
4 minute read
May 20, 2020 | Litigation Daily
A Veteran Litigator Looks Forward and Back as COVID-19 Stands to Remake the Practice of Law'Looking forward from this improbable ninth week of shutdown, I believe that litigation is about to enter another sea change,' writes Eric Lewis, a senior partner at litigation boutique Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss.
By Eric Lewis
7 minute read
May 20, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: Playing It Cool: Kirkland Litigators Freeze AC Class ActionYou know the old saying, 'If you don't succeed, try, try again'? Sometimes that just means you fail twice.
By Jenna Greene
5 minute read
May 18, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: Plaintiffs Lawyers Tag-Team World Wrestling Entertainment in Securities Fraud SuitsPlaintiffs blame WWE's deteriorating relationship with Saudi Arabia—which they say "spiraled out of control" and culminated in a near hostage situation involving WWE wrestlers—for the huge stock drop.
By Jenna Greene
6 minute read
May 17, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: Firm Accused of Advising One Client to Hide Cameras in Another Client's ClosetWhen it comes to legal blood sports, nothing tops a trusts and estates fight. This case--involving 114-lawyer Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell, television producer Aaron Kaplan and his former sister-in-law, Elizabeth Kaplan--is no exception.
By Jenna Greene
7 minute read
May 15, 2020 | Litigation Daily
And the LOTW Runners Up...Honorable mention goes to lawyers from Latham & Watkins; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Steptoe & Johnson; Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney; and Durie Tangri.
By Jenna Greene
3 minute read
May 14, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: A Whirlwind Victory for Kirkland Trio'What was at stake was several billions of dollars in rent payments along with the ability for Windstream to find a path out of Chapter 11,' said Kirkland & Ellis partners Rush Howell, Ravi Shankar and Yates French.
By Jenna Greene
14 minute read