Latest Client Successes
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January 06, 2021
Phoenix Partner and Co-Chair of Lewis Brisbois’ Transportation Practice Julie E. Maurer and Associate James M. Duncan recently prevailed on a motion to dismiss a motor carrier’s third-party claims when the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey agreed that the carrier lacked standing to sue under the Carmack Amendment and that its remaining equitable claims were preempted under the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act (FAAAA).
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December 28, 2020
San Bernardino Partners Rima Badawiya and Mark Schadrack recently secured a trial victory in the Los Angeles Superior Court in a challenging wrongful death elder abuse matter involving a multimillion-dollar demand, unfavorable evidence, and a trial that lasted several weeks.
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November 23, 2020
Fort Lauderdale Managing Partner Michael G. Platner and Partner Jeffrey Weinstock, along with a national team of Lewis Brisbois attorneys, recently advised ITProTV and certain of its owners in the sale of its business to Boathouse Capital, a Pennsylvania-based private equity firm, for integration with its ACI Learning business in the United States and United Kingdom.
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November 17, 2020
Portland Partner Jennifer K. Oetter recently secured a defense verdict in what has been reported as the first civil jury trial to take place in Oregon since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
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November 04, 2020
New York Trial Partner James T. Whalen Jr. recently obtained a very favorable verdict against a multimillion-dollar demand in the first jury trial to take place in the Supreme Court of New York, Richmond County. This may be one of the first jury verdicts in New York City since the courts closed in March 2020.
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October 15, 2020
Phoenix Partner and Co-Chair of Lewis Brisbois’ Transportation Practice Julie E. Maurer and Associate James M. Duncan recently prevailed on a motion for partial summary judgment when the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah upheld a contractual limitation of liability for a household goods mover.
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October 05, 2020
Seattle Partner Rachel Tallon Reynolds and Portland Associate Alejandra Torres recently obtained a defense verdict in one of the first jury trials to take place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Trying the case inside Bellevue, Washington’s Meydenbauer Center, an event space and theater that King County Superior Court rented to serve as a temporary courthouse, Mses. Reynolds and Torres successfully convinced a jury that Lewis Brisbois’ client should prevail in this breach of contract matter.
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September 24, 2020
Los Angeles Partner Craig Holden, along with San Diego Partner Gary K. Brucker, Jr. and Associate Carson P. Baucher, recently achieved a significant victory on behalf of a Lewis Brisbois client when they secured a binding order on a special master’s accounting report that is now a special verdict valued at over $15 million in a complex entertainment accounting case that arose almost seven years ago.
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