A Georgia team led by Savannah Managing Partner Brantley C. Rowlen recently obtained a jury verdict in favor of their client, an Atlanta jazz club, in a trip-and-fall liability case.

Los Angeles Partner Elise D. Klein recently secured the summary judgment dismissal of an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) suit brought against our clients, Harvard Pilgrim and United Behavioral Health, in a Utah federal court. 

A team led by Miami Managing Partner Todd R. Ehrenreich, Atlanta Partner Jonathan D. Goins and Miami Partner David Luck recently secured a defense verdict for their client, Hyatt Corporation, in a copyright infringement matter before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Featuring Newark Managing Partner Colin P. Hackett, Partners Michael L. Trucillo and Peter Van Deventer, and Associate Afsha Noran. 

Denver Partner Jon Olafson and Associate Kayla Dreyer, with assistance from local counsel, recently obtained a 30-day temporary restraining order (TRO) in a trade secrets matter for a client based in Minnesota.

A trial team lead by Los Angeles Partners Daniel C. DeCarlo, Thomas S. Kidde and Joshua S. Hodas, Ph.D. recently won a unanimous jury verdict in a trial held in Los Angeles Federal District Court in June 2019. The case was brought under the Federal Lanham Act and included claims of false advertising. 

Lewis Brisbois' New York Trial and Appellate Teams continue to get defense verdicts for our clients across the New York Metro Area. This alert includes four recent wins: two defense verdicts, one from Kings County and the other from Nassau County, and two appellate wins, one from the New York Appellate Division, Second Department, and the other from the Second Circuit. 

Los Angeles Partners Elise D. Klein and Celia Moutes-Lee recently obtained a defense verdict for the California Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) Plan Association in Ventura County Superior Court.

Lewis Brisbois' New York Appellate and Trial Teams have been hard at work fighting for our clients' interests. This is a rundown of some recent consequential appellate wins, led by New York Partner Nicholas P. Hurzeler, and summary judgment wins that show the ability of Lewis Brisbois' deep bench to secure victories even in traditionally unfriendly judicial hellholes. Some of the decisions include making new law and winning summary judgment motions prior to the Note of Issue being filed.

A defense verdict secured by Partners Sean P. Healy and Adam S. Polson in 2018 for the City of Phoenix was recently recognized by Arizona Attorney Magazine in their “Significant Defense Verdicts” section.