Sentences with phrase «involving leading counsel»

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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is considering naming a special counsel to lead an investigation into a list of matters involving Hillary Clinton, according to a letter the Justice Department sent to the House Judiciary Committee.

He has served as lead counsel in numerous cases involving Georgia's school districts in the federal and state courts.

Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., the lead counsel for the students, said the state supreme court has a history of reviewing cases involving education so he thinks it is likely the court will hear their appeal.

More than three years into the job, Pearson general counsel and chief legal officer Bjarne Tellmann has gained a deep understanding of the challenges involved in leading the legal department behind a global company.

Med Mining v Nusantara: acted as sole counsel in a substantial Commercial Court trial (against leading counsel for both other parties) relating to the activities of a mining company in the Far East, involving contractual claims and alleged fraudulent breaches of fiduciary duty.

Med Mining and Minerals Limited v Nusantara (2015): acted as sole counsel in a substantial Commercial Court trial (against leading counsel for both other parties) relating to the activities of a mining company in the Far East, involving contractual claims and alleged fraudulent breaches of fiduciary duty.

Our construction attorneys are led by Fellows in the American College of Construction Lawyers, and we routinely offer counsel and representation involving:

Our lawyers have consistently served as lead trial counsel in some of the region's most high - profile cases, including a nineteen - month jury trial for Solutia Inc. and Pharmacia Corporation involving PCB contamination.

He garnered nationwide attention as lead counsel in the McCollins v. JRC case, a medical malpractice lawsuit involving the use of electro - shock therapy on children with autism at the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton, MA.

HCA: Mr. Leopold is lead counsel in a class action lawsuit alleging that HCA hospitals bill inflated and exorbitant fees for radiology services provided in the emergency room to people involved in automobile accidents and receiving care that is covered by their Florida Personal Injury Protection (PIP) insurance.

Med Mining and Minerals Limited v Nusantara: acted as sole counsel in a substantial Commercial Court trial (against leading counsel for both other parties) relating to the activities of a mining company in the Far East, involving claims for breach of directors» duties under Indonesian law.

Sam has been lead counsel in several class actions, and has had carriage of a significant number of large litigation matters involving multiple parties, multiple counsel, and large monetary claims.

He has extensive experience with interlocutory proceedings, including being lead counsel on more than 15 injunctions, a number of which involved Anton Piller Orders and Mareva Injunctions.

Our expertise has been recognized by the courts as we acted as defense counsel in some of the leading cases that resulted in legal precedent by the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico in areas such as prescription of tort actions, the extent of Plaintiff's burden of proof and case in chief in a premise liability case, as well as the apportionment of comparative negligence in trip and fall accidents involving stationary fixtures.

«The book has proved to be a useful tool for foreign professionals acting in Swedish international arbitral proceedings; this, combined with the importance of Sweden as preferred venue for dispute resolution involving parties from CIS countries, led the SAA and SCC to work on a Russian translation of the book», said SCC Legal Counsel Natalia Petrik.

He is an ardent litigator, serving as lead counsel in numerous civil jury trials involving medical - malpractice, contract disputes, defamation and related business torts, shareholder disputes (e.g., tortious interference with business relationship, trade secret, and non-compete violations), shareholder and LLC disputes and their fiduciary obligations, real - estate litigation, construction litigation, and creditors rights» issues and related bankruptcy and receivership issues.

Our transfer pricing team has represented US and foreign - based multinational enterprises in some of the largest, most complex, and important transfer pricing disputes in recent history, including serving as lead counsel to Amazon.com in its significant win in the US Tax Court involving a cost - sharing buy - in and related issues — one of the largest transfer pricing cases ever litigated and the first involving e-commerce.

In the consumer class action sector, Alberstone is currently lead or co-lead counsel in several notable cases, including Payne v. Bank of America, N.A., et al., involving manipulation of the LIBOR U.S. Dollar rate, Bias et al. v. Wells Fargo & Company, et al., concerning illegal mark - ups of default related fees, Ellis v. JP Morgan Chase, et al., Stitt v. Citibank, et al. and Vega v. Ocwen Financial Corporation, et al., concerning unlawful charging of unnecessary default fees, Waldrup v. Countrywide Financial Corporation, et al., concerning illegal charging for fraudulent appraisals, Weiner v. Ocwen Financial Corporation, et al., involving illegal assessment of default - related service fees that contained undisclosed mark - ups, and Ono v. Head Racquet Sports USA, concerning false advertising of Head tennis racquets.

For example, Mr. Klamann was lead counsel in a commodities churning case which was tried to a $ 700,000 punitive damages verdict, a securities fraud case which produced a seven - figure confession of judgment involving a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), a successful consolidated case of more than 140 plaintiff investors in varying combinations of six commercial real estate syndications, several individual securities churning cases, a fraudulent energy conservation limited partnership of 75 investor / plaintiffs, a successful consolidated case involving 124 investors in forty diverse limited partnerships, and a successful case involving scores of investor / plaintiffs in a series of fraudulent oil and gas limited partnerships.

Carr Maloney was also lead counsel in the ground - breaking case involving injuries due to toxic molds.

Mr. Peloso has litigated environmental matters involving hundreds of millions of dollars, including serving as lead counsel in a $ 300 million plus Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) action related to a Rhode Island Superfund site.

He's currently lead counsel defending a major insurer in state - wide litigation that involves multiple class actions and over 23,000 individual lawsuits.

Roderick Johnson has, for over a decade, practised almost exclusively as leading counsel for the defence in large, complex and high - profile cases — specialising particularly in cases involving drugs, fraud and money laundering.

John Klamann has been lead Class Counsel in a certified class action cases involving the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), federal and State securities anti-fraud laws and regulations, environmental contamination and toxic exposures, real estate, proprietary school litigation, and other collective action cases.

This month Lawyer Monthly has heard a great deal from Erin Stephens of Sport England, who believes her in - house counsel role is more than just answering legal queries and is more about getting involved in the nitty gritty details and tasks of the teams she leads.

He serves as lead counsel for clients facing complex contract disputes and claims involving sensitive business interests, such as fraud, professional negligence, defamation, trade secrets violations and computer tampering.

: Lead trial counsel for plaintiff Magnadyne in a patent infringement action involving the design of cellular phone chargers.

Infection Prevention Technologies LLC v. Lumalier, No. 10 - 12371 (E.D. Mich.): Lead counsel for plaintiff in patent infringement action involving room disinfection patents where reflected ultraviolet radiation is the method by which the room is disinfected.

Antigone has acted as lead trial counsel and appellate counsel in federal civil lawsuits across the United States and she has represented numerous Fortune 500 companies involved in high stakes intellectual property disputes and a variety of other business and legal issues.

Bryan Green joined the trucking litigation department at Baron & Budd in August 2015 where he serves as lead counsel in numerous cases involving catastrophic injuries and wrongful deaths.

Commercial Litigation — Lead attorney in international fraud and breach of contract action resolved in client's favor on summary judgment including recovery of all attorneys» fees; Served as first - chair defending a loan servicer in complex civil litigation involving declaratory judgment action and cross-claims for commercial torts; Second chair for seven day jury trial involving claims for indemnification and statutory business conspiracy; Won summary judgment as the lead counsel on behalf of a charitable trust in litigation over a commercial lease termination; Represented financial institutions in commercial tort actions; Represented finance company in AAA ArbitratLead attorney in international fraud and breach of contract action resolved in client's favor on summary judgment including recovery of all attorneys» fees; Served as first - chair defending a loan servicer in complex civil litigation involving declaratory judgment action and cross-claims for commercial torts; Second chair for seven day jury trial involving claims for indemnification and statutory business conspiracy; Won summary judgment as the lead counsel on behalf of a charitable trust in litigation over a commercial lease termination; Represented financial institutions in commercial tort actions; Represented finance company in AAA Arbitratlead counsel on behalf of a charitable trust in litigation over a commercial lease termination; Represented financial institutions in commercial tort actions; Represented finance company in AAA Arbitration.

Acted as lead counsel for a Korean yard in a dispute involving allegations for repudiatory breach of five shipbuilding contracts worth US$ 182m in total.

Notable mandates: Represented physicians involved in providing care to Ashley Smith during the 2013 coroner's inquest; acted for Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne in a defamation action against Ontario Progressive Conservative party leader Tim Hudak and energy critic Lisa MacLeod; in Wise v. Iran, acted for a Canadian victim of a suicide bombing (executed by individuals who received material support from Iran) who sought leave to intervene in ongoing proceedings commenced by United States plaintiffs in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice seeking orders recognizing the enforceability in Ontario of judgments they obtained from a U.S. court against Iran totaling about $ 370 million; in Khadr v. Edmonton Institution, acted as lead counsel for an intervener, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, to argue that in interpreting Omar Khadr's sentence for the purpose of enforcing it in Canada, Correctional Services Canada was obliged to consider Khadr's right to liberty and principles of fundamental justice; acted for a physician in a malpractice claim in Moore v. Getahun, a precedent - setting case about restrictions on communication between counsel and experts in preparation of expert reports.

This is no easy task and often involves showing the Crown Counsel involved in the prosecution of your case the weaknesses of their case, the strengths of possible defences for the accused, showing the Crown that special or extra-ordinary circumstance exist for your client that may lead to the exercise of discretion based upon Crown policy and / or in generally advocating for the client.

Our Labor and Employment team is supported by Russell Beck, who is among the leading authorities in the United States on trade secrets law and the use and enforcement of noncompete agreements and other restrictive covenants, Stephen Riden, who has years of experience representing clients involved in noncompete and trade secret disputes, Lauren Schaefer, who regularly counsels clients about restrictive covenants and litigates noncompete and trade secrets disputes, and Erika Hahn, who has extensive experience in restrictive covenants and trade secrets disputes.

«Ethan has not worked for AIG while at Davis Polk, but he has been significantly involved in the AIG restructuring as lead outside counsel for the Fed and Treasury.»

Acted as lead trial counsel in a successful jury trial in the Business Litigation Session between shareholders of a close corporation involving claims of breach of fiduciary duty, shareholder status, and wrongful termination.

He acts regularly as lead counsel in appeals throughout the United States, many of which involve debtor - creditor issues.

Aliette serves as lead trial counsel for companies involved in disputes in state and federal courts, in arbitration and before administrative agencies.

Novotny garnered nationwide attention as lead counsel in the McCollins v. JRC case, a medical malpractice lawsuit involving the use of electro - shock therapy on children with autism at the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton, MA.

Serve as lead trial counsel for employer in federal class action related to an industrial site where workers claim racial discrimination in employment, involving hundreds of employees.

Mr. Pouya is actively involved in the prosecution of these cases, and works closely with lead counsel on all aspects of litigation strategy.

David has been actively involved in leading KYL's alternative pricing and technology initiatives since 2010 and he regularly counsels clients and industry groups on issues related to emerging areas of risk and opportunity at the intersection of legal precedent and the promise of new technology.

Serve as lead trial counsel in consolidated proceedings involving more than 13,000 individual lawsuits related to client's medical device, including cases consolidated in federal court by the JPML and parallel actions in multiple state courts across the country.

He acted as lead counsel in this case where the insurer had denied that D.M. had been involved in an «accident» in accordance with the definition sections of the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule.

He has been involved in many seminal IP cases, including one before the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the scope of protection for product trade dress, and has served as lead counsel for clients that are both asserting and defending against IP claims.

Mr. Avraam has been lead counsel in a number of cases involving employee and former employee misconduct.

Tim is the lead counsel for a number of chemical companies and the industry trade association on national litigation involving chemical exposures.

As lead counsel in successful class - action civil rights cases, Fred has obtained relief involving promotions, monetary awards, creation of new EEO procedures, and department - wide reassignments.

Aliette serves as lead trial counsel for companies nationally and internationally involved in disputes in state and federal courts and in arbitration and before administrative agencies.