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Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Why Is Quinn Emanuel's Alex Spiro Bringing a Books and Records Suit? Hint: Jay-Z

"Forty inmates dying in the last few months at Parchman alone is neither outstanding nor innovative," Spiro said "And it's definitely nothing to be proud of."
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Insurance Defense Has Never Been So Sexy

The industry's latest champion? O'Melveny & Myers trial practice chair Daniel Petrocelli, who is representing Chubb Group in a fight with the Simon Wiesenthal Center over lost income from cancelled events including a dinner honoring George and Amal Clooney.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Law in the Time of Corona

The jury is still out on how our legal system ultimately will respond to COVID-19 claims, but we have seen enough at this point to begin making some preliminary general observations.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Grab a Drink While Social Distancing? Attorney Talks Marriage of Irreconcilable Concepts

A Coral Gables hospitality attorney who is helping retailers stay afloat during the coronavirus economic crisis says the next step is to reconcile the opposing concepts of social distancing and profits.
6 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week: Weil's Jonathan Polkes Carves Out a Win for Carlyle in Delaware

'The case directly presents some of the most pressing issues regarding material adverse effect clauses and the pandemic,' said Polkes, the global co-chair of Weil's litigation practice.
11 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Casino Slip-and-Fall Suit Filed Amid Bankruptcy Gets Another Play

The Appellate Division said the "only question for our courts is whether the automatic stay was extended by the bankruptcy court to the non-debtor defendants and it was up to the federal courts to extend it beyond them."
6 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Plaintiffs Lawyers Tag-Team World Wrestling Entertainment in Securities Fraud Suits

Plaintiffs blame WWE's deteriorating relationship with Saudi Arabia—which they say "spiraled out of control" and culminated in a near hostage situation involving WWE wrestlers—for the huge stock drop.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

U.S. Soccer Federation Settles With Charitable Arm Over 'Hijacked' Trademarks

Quinn Emanuel and Crowell & Moring had been litigating a dispute over the organizations' trademarks for the last 18 months.
2 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Firm Accused of Advising One Client to Hide Cameras in Another Client's Closet

When it comes to legal blood sports, nothing tops a trusts and estates fight. This case--involving 114-lawyer Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell, television producer Aaron Kaplan and his former sister-in-law, Elizabeth Kaplan--is no exception.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Dr. Eugene Scott's 'Dream' Could Become Attorney Fee Nightmare

A Georgia minister who sued for a declaratory judgment that famed TV preacher Eugene Scott abandoned his copyrights might have to pay up to $307,000 in attorney fees, the Ninth Circuit rules.
4 minute read

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