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 14, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: When Do Strip Searches Cross the Line? En Banc 7th Circuit Considers Harrowing Suit by Female Prisoners'The Fourth Amendment does not vanish behind prison walls.'
By Jenna Greene
5 minute read
May 13, 2020 | Litigation Daily
SBA and Treasury Department Sued Over PPP Loan Guidance on the Good Faith Necessity CertificationRecent FAQ guidance from the Small Business Administration is causing great uncertainty for businesses that have received paycheck protection loans and are grappling with whether to return them, write litigators from McCarter & English.
By Howard Berkower, William D. Brown, Jr., Jonathan Pizarro-Ross and Scott J. Seger
5 minute read
May 13, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: Money Well Earned: Facebook Agrees to Pay $52M to Settle Class Action by Traumatized Content Moderators"This groundbreaking litigation fixed a major workplace problem involving developing technology and its impact on real workers who suffered in order to make Facebook safer for its users," said plaintiffs counsel Daniel Charest of Burns Charest.
By Jenna Greene
5 minute read
May 11, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: Repeat After Me: It's a Bad Idea to Commit Discovery Fraud"A party who knowingly distorts or conceals the truth undermines the integrity of the process and maligns justice itself," wrote Senior U.S. District Judge Karon Owen Bowdre in Alabama.
By Jenna Greene
5 minute read
May 10, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: Sorry (Not Sorry) Varsity Blues Parents—You're Not Off the HookU.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton in Massachusetts on Friday wrote that while the government's failure to turn over potentially exculpatory material promptly was ' irresponsible and misguided,' it was not willful.
By Jenna Greene
6 minute read
May 08, 2020 | Litigation Daily
And the LOTW Runners Up...Honorable mention goes to lawyers from Quinn Emanuel; Gibson Dunn; Kirkland & Ellis; Hunton Andrews Kurth; Sullivan & Cromwell; Goodwin Procter; Cravath; and Paul Weiss.
By Jenna Greene
4 minute read
May 08, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: Latham Team Shoots and Scores for U.S. Soccer Federation"What we did was prove that the women's team in fact made more than the men's team in total compensation and on a per game basis,' said Latham & Watkins partners Jamie Wine and Michele Johnson.
By Jenna Greene
12 minute read
May 07, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: Blanket Immunity Isn't the Way to Reopen the Economy"What the public wants more than anything is to feel safe," said American Association for Justice head Linda Lipsen. "If no one is accountable, no one is safe."
By Jenna Greene
6 minute read
May 05, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Litigation Leaders: Akin Gump's Steve Baldini on Opposition Research, Working Remotely and Long-Term Growth'This is a demanding profession and we believe that the best way to meet the demands is to create a culture of ownership and teamwork among our lawyers.'
By Jenna Greene
15 minute read
May 04, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: Clean Break: Kirkland Client Can Walk Away From $525M Victoria's Secret DealOn Monday, private equity firm Sycamore Partners and Victoria's Secret parent company L Brands settled what was shaping up as a blockbuster fight in Delaware Chancery Court when both sides agreed to walk away from their pending $525 million deal.
By Jenna Greene
5 minute read