Legal Innovation Awards 2021 The Legal Innovation Awards 2021: Who Won What and Why
Hosted by stand-up comedian and writer Maisie Adam, the ceremony handed awards to the firms and individuals driving revolutionary change in the legal market.
June 01, 2021 at 07:12 AM
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2021's Legal Innovation Awards took place virtually on Friday to celebrate the best and brightest legal innovators driving revolutionary change in the legal market.
The 2021 awards introduced four new categories: Championing Diversity in Tech Innovation, Innovation Trailblazer Award, Disruptive Technology of the Year and Impactful Incubator Project.
Among the big winners were Ashurst, Eversheds Sutherland and Mills & Reeve. Here is a breakdown of who won in each category and why the judges chose them.
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Legal Innovation Awards host, Maisie Adam
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2 minute readLaw Firms Mentioned
- Pinsent Masons
- Paul Hastings
- Macfarlanes
- Eversheds Sutherland
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Berry Appleman Leiden
- Baker McKenzie
- DLA Piper
- Bird & Bird
- Addleshaw Goddard
- Ashurst
- Simmons & Simmons, P.C.
- Reed Smith
- Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
- King & Spalding
- DWF
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
- Mayer Brown
- Garrigues
- Womble Bond Dickinson
- Mason Hayes Curran
- Clyde & Co
- Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co
- Latham & Watkins
- Dentons
- Shearman & Sterling LLP
- Hogan Lovells
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Who Got The Work
Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct. 2 in Massachusetts District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Stephen Austen, accuses certain officers and directors of misleading investors in regard to Symbotic's potential for margin growth by failing to disclose that the company was not equipped to timely deploy its systems or manage expenses through project delays. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, is 1:24-cv-12522, Austen v. Cohen et al.
Who Got The Work
Edmund Polubinski and Marie Killmond of Davis Polk & Wardwell have entered appearances for data platform software development company MongoDB and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Oct. 7 in New York Southern District Court by the Brown Law Firm, accuses the company's directors and/or officers of falsely expressing confidence in the company’s restructuring of its sales incentive plan and downplaying the severity of decreases in its upfront commitments. The case is 1:24-cv-07594, Roy v. Ittycheria et al.
Who Got The Work
Amy O. Bruchs and Kurt F. Ellison of Michael Best & Friedrich have entered appearances for Epic Systems Corp. in a pending employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed Sept. 7 in Wisconsin Western District Court by Levine Eisberner LLC and Siri & Glimstad on behalf of a project manager who claims that he was wrongfully terminated after applying for a religious exemption to the defendant's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor, is 3:24-cv-00630, Secker, Nathan v. Epic Systems Corporation.
Who Got The Work
David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Greenberg Traurig shareholder Joshua L. Raskin has entered an appearance for boohoo.com UK Ltd. in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Texas Eastern District Court by Rozier Hardt McDonough on behalf of Alto Dynamics, asserts five patents related to an online shopping platform. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, is 2:24-cv-00719, Alto Dynamics, LLC v. boohoo.com UK Limited.
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