2017 Legal and Litigation Departments of the Year
Learn what makes these firms and legal teams stand out in the 2017 Legal and Litigation Departments of the Year magazine.
June 20, 2017 at 12:30 AM
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Learn what makes these firms and legal teams stand out in the 2017 Legal and Litigation Departments of the Year magazine.
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Editor's Note: W e consider ourselves very fortunate to garner such a consistently enthusiastic response to our Litigation Departments of the Year and Legal Departments of the Year honors. Read more
Litigatin Departments of the Year:
Winner: Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young: Nearly a third of Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young's litigation clients have been with the firm for more than 10 years and nearly 200 litigation client relationships have endured for more than 20 years. Read more
Winner: Morgan Lewis & Bockius: Morgan Lewis & Bockius' appellate group scored victories for clients in no fewer than eight federal circuits, in addition to state appeals court, last year. In the process, the firm's litigators helped to shape the law going forward, such as in the unanimous Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that dismissed a securities fraud suit against Morgan Lewis client General Cable Corp., while also clarifying the law on corporate scienter. Read more
Winner: Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check: Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check specializes solely in litigation on behalf of investors and consumers. Read more
Winner: Swartz Campbell: Swartz Campbell's professional liability group found itself in the spotlight more than once in 2016. The firm successfully defended attorneys Dolores M. Troiani and Bebe H. Kivitz, who represented Andrea Constand in her civil suit against Bill Cosby, when they were hit with a subsequent lawsuit in which the comedian alleged they violated confidentiality provisions of a settlement agreement. Read more
Legal Departments of the Year:
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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.
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