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].
April 20, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: Is This the Way to Save Civil Jury Trials?Civil jury trials face "an existential threat," says Stephen Susman, the Susman Godfrey co-founder and executive director of the Civil Jury Project at NYU School of Law. But he has a bold vision for how to save them post COVID-19.
By Jenna Greene
6 minute read
April 19, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: We May Not Have Sports, But At Least We've Got Sports LitigationThis is the third pending suit that revolves around who has dibs on representing NBA star rookie Zion Williamson for marketing and branding deals.
By Jenna Greene
7 minute read
April 17, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: How Kaplan Hecker Duo One-Upped the Trumps in Fraud Suit'At its core our case is straightforward: The Trumps deliberately made false and misleading statements in exchange for millions of dollars in payments that were not disclosed to investors who relied on what the Trumps said and lost hundreds or thousands of dollars as a result. That is called fraud, and the victims are entitled to damages as a result. '
By Jenna Greene
12 minute read
April 15, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: McKool Smith Insurance Ace Robin Cohen Previews Coronavirus Insurance Battles"It's not to say it won't be extremely expensive, but they're in the business of insuring risk—and who better to evaluate risk" than an insurance company? said McKool Smith insurance recovery practice head Robin Cohen.
By Jenna Greene
4 minute read
April 15, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Privacy in the Pandemic Age: Balancing Business Need-to-Know vs. Employee Privacy'Employer vs. employee privacy and technology legal issues are convoluted and getting more convoluted by the day,' writes Levick chairman and CEO Richard Levick.
By Richard Levick
7 minute read
April 15, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: Class Action Objectors Can Be Annoying—But This One Has a PointIt's not that Hagens Berman doesn't deserve its $48M fee—they make a strong case for why they earned every penny. But at the same time, shouldn't the firm's initial promise to work for less count for something?
By Jenna Greene
5 minute read
April 13, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Litigation Leaders: Fenwick's Jed Wakefield on Tech Clients, Staying Connected and Playing the Endgame'Our approach is scalable—we handle cases for companies ranging from early-stage startups to Fortune 50 companies. These are fast-moving clients, and each has its own set of risks and competitive concerns. We have no standard playbook or one-size-fits-all approach.'
By Jenna Greene
8 minute read
April 12, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: A Hot Fight over 'Hot Bench'The underlying case is worthy of a reality television episode of its own. As Sidley Austin partner David Carpenter put it, "It's almost a Perry Mason-style story."
By Jenna Greene
7 minute read
April 11, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Quit Thanking the Jury in Opening—Inspiration from Leon Black'There is simply no excuse, in any case, civil or criminal, big or little, business or bloody, that the very first words you speak to the jury are not a critical part of the story, the theme, the reason you are making them listen to you, with the goal of demonstrating the strength of your case' writes Blank Rome's Insurance Recovery Group chair Jim Murray.
By Jim Murray
8 minute read
April 10, 2020 | Litigation Daily
And the LOTW Runners Up...Honorable mention goes to lawyers from Skadden; Quinn Emanuel; Squire Patton Boggs; Kirkland & Ellis; Sullivan & Cromwell; Sidley Austin; Latham & Watkins; and Erise IP.
By Jenna Greene
4 minute read