Cleveland Managing Partner Thomas P. Mannion, Indianapolis Associate Benjamin C. Hoffman, and Cleveland Associate Daniel A. Leister, in a collaborative effort, obtained trial and appellate victories in favor of our client MHR Solutions, a company that provides wellness services across all 50 states. The plaintiff had brought suit against MHR Solutions after suffering an injury as a result of a collapsing massage chair.

On September 28, 2018, a cross-office team led by Atlanta Partners Jonathan Goins and Leron Rogers obtained a successful result in a high-profile music case, after a federal judge granted summary judgment in favor of our client, William Leonard Roberts (known professionally as Rick Ross), in a suit brought by Curtis James Jackson III (known professionally as 50 Cent). The court's ruling was a case of first impression in the Second Circuit, and likely strengthens permissible uses of copyrightable works in the music and entertainment industry against claims for right of publicity.

A Business Practices team led by Fort Lauderdale Managing Partner Michael G. Platner and Partner Solomon B. Zoberman, San Francisco Partner John J. Heber, and Los Angeles Partner Ryan S. Alexander recently represented a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and enterprise software developer client in the sale of its intellectual property assets to a principal international manufacturer of personal computers.

A cross-office team led by Fort Lauderdale Managing Partner Michael G. Platner and Denver Partner Christopher S. Heroux recently represented a management team finalizing a multi-million-dollar initial capital raise for funding the development of an industrial hemp farm project in central Colorado. Mr. Heroux, along with Associate Alexandra Katich, also represented an oil & natural gas company in the negotiation of a contract for the development of a natural gas plant project in Wyoming.

Lewis Brisbois has the deepest bench of trial and appellate attorneys in New York. Recently, we have had a string of successes. We are pleased to have recently won an appellate reversal of a jury verdict and the right to retry the case, which shows both the strength of our trial team and the benefits of diligence in post trial motion practice.

Denver Partners Ian R. Walsworth and Alyssa K. Sandrowitz and Associate William W. Mauke recently received a favorable verdict on all counts pending in the District of Colorado. On February 15, the eight jurors empaneled before Federal Judge Raymond Moore of the U.S. District of Colorado returned a unanimous verdict in favor of our client, Colorado Box Company, awarding them lost profits and finding willful infringement by the defendant’s president. 

New York Partners Alecia Walters-Hinds and Sheryl Fyffe recently obtained a favorable verdict in a motor vehicle accident case venued in Bronx County.

Atlanta Partner Leron E. Rogers and Associate John T. Rose recently closed a deal with Nike for a major Super Bowl brand activation on behalf of celebrity photographer & creative Cam Kirk, and his prominent Atlanta-based studio, Cam Kirk Studios. 

New York Partners Mark K. Anesh and Jamie R. Wozman recently obtained summary judgment and the dismissal of a third-party complaint from a New York state court on behalf of their client Brown Rudnick LLP, an international corporate law firm, which had been brought into a multi-million-dollar legal malpractice action as a third-party defendant.

Atlanta Partner Leron E. Rogers recently negotiated and closed a multi-year stadium sponsorship agreement with the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks on behalf of Arrow Exterminators, the 6th largest pest control company in the United States.