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 10, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: Gibson Dunn Trio Extinguish $100M Suit against Universal Music'Plaintiffs had an ostensibly sympathetic narrative but it was based on inaccurate facts and misrepresentations about what the recording agreements actually provided,' said Gibson Dunn partner Scott Edelman.
By Jenna Greene
10 minute read
April 09, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: Tide Turns Against Goldman Sachs in $13B Class Action"We believe that our appeal raises important and recurring legal issues impacting securities class actions generally. We intend to ask the full Second Circuit to review this decision," said Goldman spokeswoman Maeve DuVally.
By Jenna Greene
6 minute read
April 06, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: With a 'Broadside' of 11 Class Actions, Two Elite Litigation Boutiques Take on Cryptocurrency IssuersIn suits filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, litigators from Selendy & Gay and Roche Cyrulnik Freedman allege that the defendants sold billions of dollars of unregistered digital tokens and other financial instruments to investors in violation of federal and state securities laws.
By Jenna Greene
5 minute read
April 06, 2020 | Litigation Daily
The Southern District of New York Held that Bangladesh Bank's Litigation to Recover Over $81 Million in Stolen Funds Was Properly Located in New York"While this sounds like a movie, it is not. It is real, and it is tragic. It involves the callous theft of much needed funds from the people of Bangladesh, for which the Bank serves as the Central Bank," write John J. Sullivan and Jesse Ryan Loffler.
By John J. Sullivan and Jesse Ryan Loffler
8 minute read
April 05, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: Sorry, But Gun Stores Should Be the Opposite of Essential Right NowFear is a central animating force in recent lawsuits filed by the National Rifle Association and other pro-gun groups against officials in New York and California, demanding that firearms retailers be designated as essential businesses and allowed to remain open during the pandemic.
By Jenna Greene
6 minute read
April 03, 2020 | Litigation Daily
And the LOTW Runners Up...Honorable mention goes to lawyers from Beveridge & Diamond; Venable; Sullivan & Cromwell; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Winston & Strawn; Latham & Watkins and Kirk;and & Ellis.
By Jenna Greene
4 minute read
April 03, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: Kirkland Trio Drive Home a Pair of Class Action WinsKirkland & Ellis partners Rick Godfrey, Wendy Bloom and Andrew Bloomer successfully defended class actions against General Motors and Polaris.
By Jenna Greene
13 minute read
April 02, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: How Akin Gump Litigator Won Compassionate Release for One Federal Inmate"Prisons are tinderboxes for infectious disease," wrote Senior U.S. District Judge Anita Brody of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. "The question whether the government can protect inmates from COVID-19 is being answered every day, as outbreaks appear in new facilities."
By Jenna Greene
6 minute read
April 01, 2020 | Litigation Daily
What Spanish Flu-Era Contract Fights Tell Us about Pandemics and Contractual PerformanceA historical parallel exists that potentially sheds light on the approach courts may adopt when interpreting contracts in light of an epidemic: the Spanish flu, writes Sidley Austin's global litigation co-head Yvette Ostolaza and associates Daniel Driscoll and Tayler Green.
By Yvette Ostolaza, Daniel Driscoll & Tayler Green
6 minute read
March 31, 2020 | Litigation Daily
Daily Dicta: Coronavirus Litigation: The Good, the Bad and the StupidCome on really? There's a global pandemic and you're suing because you think Brazilian waxes are an essential business?
By Jenna Greene
8 minute read