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Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs

A team at Munger, Tolles & Olson teamed with the Washington State Office of the Attorney General to secure a permanent injunction against the proposed $24.6 billion merger of the Kroger and Albertsons grocery chains.
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Profile

Like a Life Raft: Ben Brafman Reflects on Nearly 50 Years as a Defense Attorney

At 76 years old, Benjamin Brafman says he’s not going anywhere and business is better than ever.
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Things That Can Win (Or Lose) a Trial

Gibson Dunn partners George Hazel and Gregg Costa, who both spent time serving on the federal trial bench earlier in their careers, recently walked through things they think weigh heavily on the outcome of a trial.
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Analysis

What We Learned From In-House Litigators in 2024

This year we gained insights from Steve Mahieu of The Kraft Heinz Co., Nikki Stitt Sokol of Meta Platforms Inc. and Pete Welch of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. We want to hear from more of your clients.
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Q&A

‘How to Succeed as a Trial Lawyer’: Talking Shop With Author and Veteran Litigator Stewart Edelstein

Edelstein, who practiced as a commercial trial lawyer for 40 years at Cohen and Wolf in Connecticut and taught clinical courses at Yale Law School for 20 years, discusses the latest edition of his book, which he calls a “portable mentor” for trial lawyers.
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Litigator of the Week: Cantor Fitzgerald Fights Off Former Partners’ Antitrust Claims Over Post-Employment Pay

After Cantor Fitzgerald got an earlier ruling from the Delaware Supreme Court finding the forfeiture-for-competition provisions of its partnership agreements valid under state law, Benjamin Nagin and Tacy Flint of Sidley Austin and David Paul, the co-head of litigation at the financial services firm, won a motion to dismiss federal antitrust claims brought on behalf of former partners.
7 minute read
Quick Takes

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs

A trial team at Goodwin Procter won a $452 million verdict for client Insulet Corp. in a trade secrets case involving insulin pump technology against Korean rival EOFlow Co.
6 minute read
News

Wish List Unlocked: Here’s What Lawyers Want For Christmas

Law.com asked litigators–and neutrals–what they wanted to be gifted, both literally and figuratively, for the holidays.
9 minute read
Q&A

Litigator of the (Past) Week: A $34.7M Defamation Win For Former Walmart Truck Driver

David deRubertis of The deRubertis Law Firm and Mohamed Eldessouky of Eldessouky Law convinced jurors in San Bernardino, California, that the company defamed client Jesse Fonseca by claiming he committed a fireable “integrity” violation of Walmart’s ethics code when he took pre-planned, disclosed family trips while on worker’s compensation.
12 minute read
Quick Takes

Litigator of the (Past) Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs

A look back at a batch of big wins from before the Thanksgiving holiday.
7 minute read
Q&A

Litigation Leaders: Labaton’s Eric Belfi on Running Case Investigation, Analysis and Evaluation In-House

“Our dedicated case evaluation team conducts a thorough review of all public information, collaborating with experts to assess financial and operational aspects. The team works closely with our in-house data and investigative units to build a comprehensive case analysis.”
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Analysis

Will Trump Be a Boost to Quinn Emanuel's Fortunes in China?

Tit-for-tat regulations between China and the U.S. have helped Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan thrive in China. Will the second Trump administration expedite its growth?
6 minute read
Q&A

Litigators of the Week: A Trade Secret Win at the ITC for Viking Over Promising Potential Liver Drug

Eric Dittmann and Kecia Reynolds of Paul Hastings helped client Viking Therapeutics Inc. secure a seven-year exclusion order from an administrative law judge at the ITC against Ascletis—a rival also developing a potential treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
11 minute read
Quick Takes

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs

Litigators at Sidley Austin capped a 24-case winning streak for Aspen American Insurance Co. in COVID-19 business interruption litigation with no case surviving past a motion to dismiss.
7 minute read
Analysis

Voir Dire Voyeur: I Find Out What Kind of Juror I’d Be

Summing up its findings about me, JuryScout concluded: “Her tendency to weigh the duty of care and institutional responsibility, along with her potential for empathy, could make her a moderately favorable juror for the plaintiff but with a balanced approach given her analytical background.”
6 minute read
Best Practices

Helping Lawyers Move Away from ‘Grinding’ and Toward a ‘Flow’

Plaintiffs lawyer Tom Drew of the Drew Law Firm in Des Moines, Iowa, discusses the changes in fitness, nutrition and mindset he’s made with the help of a lifestyle coach.
5 minute read
Profile

Trying a Case for Abu Ghraib Detainees Two Decades After Abuse

Patterson Belknap partners Muhammad Faridi and Michael Buchanan discuss the firm’s work that helped three men held prisoner at the notorious Iraqi prison win a $42 million verdict against a military contractor.
5 minute read
Commentary

Remembering Ted Olson

Some thoughts on covering a titan of the appellate bar.
6 minute read
Q&A

Litigators of the Week: Simpson Thacher and ACLU Team To Challenge Louisiana's Ten Commandments Law

With Jonathan Youngwood of Simpson Thacher and Heather Weaver of the ACLU arguing for plaintiffs, a federal judge in Baton Rouge blocked the law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.
11 minute read
Quick Takes

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs

Runners-up this week include trial teams at Patterson Belknap and Susman Godfrey.
6 minute read
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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.

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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.

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