Latest Client Successes
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April 22, 2022
Los Angeles Partner Thomas Russell, III and Tampa Partner Steven Holtzman recently completed a transaction on behalf of the Producer of the Academy Award-winning film Two Distant Strangers Samir Hernandez and his company, GTG Entertainment Group, LLC, which provided the necessary financing for the documentary film project titled 38 at the Garden, which will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 12, 2022 and is nominated in five categories.
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April 11, 2022
Chicago Partners Charles Cole and Margaret "Maggie" Fitzsimmons recently secured a significant victory when the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed a wrongful death suit against Lewis Brisbois' client, Amazon.com Services, Inc., after determining that the company was not responsible for the death of the plaintiff's late husband.
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March 24, 2022
Washington, D.C. Partner Karen C. Bennett and Sacramento Partner John P. Yung recently represented a renewable energy developer client in securing the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA) first-ever approval for the creation of a Tribal Energy Development Organization (TEDO).
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March 22, 2022
Los Angeles Partner Marie L. Wrighten recently secured a victory on behalf of a supervisor for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), when a Los Angeles court sustained a demurrer without leave to amend in a matter involving claims of racial discrimination, hostile work environment, and retaliation brought against the organization.
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March 21, 2022
Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and Tampa-based Partner Jonathan Beckerman recently secured a significant appellate victory on behalf of celebrity restaurateur Nusret Gökçe (also known as "Salt Bae") in a matter of first impression when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit determined that the client and his company did not violate the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) when mandatory service charges included in all bills were used to cover minimum and overtime wages for restaurant employees.
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March 04, 2022
Houston Appellate Partner Sean Higgins, with Dallas Partners Nichol Bunn and Amber Pickett, recently secured a significant win on behalf of Lewis Brisbois' client, a skilled nursing facility, when the Texas Supreme Court overturned a ruling that required the facility to turn over five years' worth of policies and procedures during "pre-report" discovery in a case filed by a former patient.
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February 23, 2022
San Diego Appellate Partner Lann G. McIntyre, along with Los Angeles Partners Melissa T. Daugherty, Ashleigh R. Kasper, and Kerri R. Lutfey, recently secured an appellate victory when the California Court of Appeals, Second Appellate District, affirmed a jury verdict that had dismissed a suit against Lewis Brisbois' masseur client who was accused of sexually assaulting a woman during a massage.
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February 17, 2022
Sacramento Partners Greg L. Johnson and Timothy J. Nally, along with Sacramento Associate John R. Ternieden, Houston Partner Sean Higgins, and New Orleans Partner Karen M. Dicke recently obtained a significant victory after over four years of hard-fought litigation when the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of two orders dismissing all causes of action against Lewis Brisbois’ clients who had been sued in a multimillion-dollar securities fraud lawsuit.
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