Latest Client Successes
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April 28, 2021
Fort Lauderdale Partner and Vice Chair of Lewis Brisbois’ Insurance Coverage & Bad Faith Litigation Practices Kristen D. Perkins and Los Angeles Partner Jordon E. Harriman had their district court victory confirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit when it affirmed the lower court’s ruling that Lewis Brisbois’ client, an excess insurer, had no duty to defend or indemnify a construction joint venture in a lawsuit filed by San Francisco 49ers fans.
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April 26, 2021
Sacramento Partners Greg L. Johnson and Timothy J. Nally, along with New Orleans Partner Karen M. Dicke and Sacramento Associate John R. Ternieden, recently secured a significant and decisive victory in a multimillion-dollar securities lawsuit when the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana dismissed all causes of action against Lewis Brisbois’ clients.
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April 22, 2021
Appellate Partner Raul L. Martinez and Los Angeles Partners Elise D. Klein and Celia Moutes-Lee recently secured a major win in an appeal of a bad faith insurance action after the appellate court held that the plaintiff, the daughter of FAIR Plan insurance policy holders, had no standing to pursue bad faith allegations against her parents’ insurer for smoke damage to her personal possessions.
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April 21, 2021
New York Partners James T. Whalen, Jr. and Kevin Zimmerman recently secured a defense verdict on behalf of a trucking company and its driver following a week-long in-person jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. This was one of the first in-person jury trials to take place in the Southern District since courts started reopening in 2021 amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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March 30, 2021
Atlanta Partner Jonathan D. Goins, along with New York Partner Brian Pete and Associate Devin S. Cohen, recently secured several significant rulings from Judge Denise Cote of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in favor of firm client Afropunk, an international music festival company.
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March 30, 2021
Fort Lauderdale Managing Partner Michael G. Platner, Fort Lauderdale Partners Jeffrey Weinstock and Christopher Gabbard, and Orange County Associate Steven Novak recently represented Delivery Dudes, a South Florida-based food delivery app, in its acquisition by Waitr Holdings, Inc., a NASDAQ-traded, on-demand food ordering and delivery company. The purchase price for the acquisition was approximately $23 million in stock and cash.
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March 26, 2021
Lewis Brisbois’ national Corporate team, comprised of Los Angeles Partner Alexis Crump, Fort Lauderdale Partners Michael Platner and Kenneth Joyce, San Diego Partner Christopher Gabbard, San Francisco Partner John Heber, Los Angeles Associates Steven Novak and Morgan Gray, as well as Phoenix Associate John (J.J.) Daller, has recently closed a series of complex transactions , achieving favorable outcomes for several firm clients.
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March 23, 2021
In what appears to be a case of first impression in the Empire State, New York Partners Nicholas P. Hurzeler and John J. Doody recently obtained a pre-answer dismissal of an action alleging negligent exposure to COVID-19 in the workplace based on the Workers’ Compensation bar.
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