A Post-Thanksgiving Litigator of the Week Runner-Up and Shout Out Marathon
With a two-week glut of Litigator of the Week nominations, hold onto your seats: The runners-up and shout outs are extensive and impressive this week.
December 04, 2020 at 07:25 AM
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We came back from the Thanksgiving holiday with a two-week glut of Litigator of the Week nominations. So, hold onto your seats: The runners-up and shout outs are extensive and impressive this week.
First up, Randy Mastro and Akiva Shapiro of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher landed a runner-up spot for two big wins they scored late on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. At the U.S. Supreme Court, the pair scored a rare All Writs Act emergency injunction in a challenge the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, brought to Governor Cuomo's restrictions on in-person church attendance in purported COVID-19 hotspots. The pair also scored a win for the West Side Community Organization, three Upper West Side residents, and a homeless individual, when New York Supreme Court Justice Debra James dismissed all claims brought by residents in the Financial District seeking to block the City of New York from transferring 200 homeless men temporarily living at the Lucerne Hotel to a new facility downtown.
Gibson Dunn partners Ted Boutrous, Zainab Ahmad, and associate Lee Crain also landed runner-up honors for their work representing a group of employees at the United States Agency for Global Media and Voice of America. U.S. District Chief Judge Beryl Howell in Washington, D.C., last week granted their request for a preliminary injunction prohibiting members of the Trump administration from interfering with protected First Amendment journalistic activity at Voice of America and its sibling news outlets.
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Who Got The Work
J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Who Got The Work
Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
Who Got The Work
Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
Who Got The Work
Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Wilfred P. Coronato and Daniel M. Schwartz of McCarter & English have stepped in as defense counsel to Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a pending product liability lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 26 in New York Eastern District Court by Poulos Lopiccolo PC and Nagel Rice LLP on behalf of David Stern, alleges that the defendant's refrigerators’ drawers and shelving repeatedly break and fall apart within months after purchase. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack, is 2:24-cv-08204, Stern v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
