Reed Smith's Pittsburgh Command Center on Tuesday for the Election Protection program. Courtesy photo Big Law Lawyers Fan Out for Election Day Volunteering in Call Centers and Litigation
Proskauer; Gibson Dunn; Cooley; Stinson; Reed Smith; Davis Polk; Lowenstein; Mayer Brown; Manatt; Baker McKenzie; and Dechert are among the firms helping with the Election Protection voter hotlines.
November 05, 2024 at 06:00 AM
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What You Need to Know
- Attorneys are helping to staff nonpartisan voter hotlines, serve as poll monitors, and handle election litigation.
- Attorneys from firms such as Cooley, Lowenstein, Reed Smith, Davis Polk, Proskauer, among others are helping staff the Election Protection hotline.
- Reed Smith is hosting an in-person command center in Pittsburgh, while Lowenstein and Davis Polk are overseeing the Election Protection's Northeast call center.
Big Law lawyers around the country are helping to staff Election Day call centers for voters, serve as in-person poll monitors and represent clients pro bono in election litigation.
Hundreds of attorneys from at least a dozen law firms are helping with the national nonpartisan Election Protection voter hotline, organized by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, which helps answer questions and address concerns from voters on Election Day and leading up to the day.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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