• July 26, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Appeals Court Affirms $1.8M CEPA Award, $1.5M in Attorney Fees for Former Novartis Employee

    The New Jersey Appellate Division upheld a jury's verdict of $1.8 million and a judge's award of $1.5 million in attorney fees for a former Novartis employee fired after blowing the whistle on the purchase of a report from one of the company's distributors that she believed constituted a kickback.

    6 minute read

  • July 26, 2022 | Daily Business Review

    Climate Activists Are 'Fight Back' by Deflating SUVs

    Since March, an anonymous collective called Tyre Extinguishers has deflated the tires of nearly 6,500 SUVs in Austria, Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Sweden, the U.K. and the U.S.

    5 minute read

  • July 26, 2022 | The Recorder

    How I Made Partner: 'Be Vocal and Express Your Interest in Making Partner Early,' Says Snell & Wilmer's Patricia Brum

    Talk to your mentors and office leadership about your desire to make partner. Listen and implement their suggestions.

    8 minute read

  • July 26, 2022 | Law.com

    How I Made Partner: 'Be Vocal and Express Your Interest in Making Partner Early,' Says Patricia Brum of Snell & Wilmer

    Talk to your mentors and office leadership about your desire to make partner. Listen and implement their suggestions.

    8 minute read

  • Nat'l. Hockey League v. TIG Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-26
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Insurance
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Melissa Crane
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiffs by: Peter D. Luneau, Shaud G. Tavakoli, National Hockey League, NHL Board of Governors, NHL Enterprises, Inc., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
    for defendant: Defendants by: Michael O. Kassak, John Hacker, Chubb Insurance Company of Canada, Federal Insurance Company, Vigilant Insurance Company, White and Williams LLP. By: Heather E. Simpson, Mark F. Hamilton, TIG Insurance Company f/k/a Transamerica Insurance Company, Kennedys CMK LL. By Glenn Jacobson, Aviva Insurance Company of Canada, as successor to Commercial Union Assurance Co., LTD, Abrams, Gorelick, Friedman & Jacobson LLP. By: Jourdan Dozier, Zurich Insurance Company Ltd, Coughlin Midlige & Garland LLP.

    Case Number: 653421/2020

    Insurers Must Pay Defense Costs Incurred in NHL's Concussion Litigation

  • State ex rel. Jennings v. Monsanto Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-26
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christian Douglas Wright, Ralph K. Durstein, III, State of Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE; Amy Williams-Derry, Daniel Mensher, Alison S. Gaffney, Keller Rohrback L.L.P., Seattle, WA; Keil Mueller, Steve Larson, Emily Johnson, Stoll Stoll Berne Lokting & Shlachter P.C., Portland, OR for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Christian J. Singewald, Timothy S. Martin, Daryll Hawthorne-Searight, White and Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thomas M. Goutman, David S. Haase, Kim Kocher, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Philadelphia, PA; Adam E. Miller, Susan L. Werstak, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., St. Louis, MO; Richard L. Campbell, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Boston, MA for defendants.

    Case Number: D69901

    State's regulatory control over public lands and waters was insufficient to confer standing to assert a trespass claim arising from alleged environmental contamination where trespass required exclusive possession.

  • Nelson v. McKenzie

    Publication Date: 2022-07-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrea Pawlak, (Schulten Ward & Turner, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alyson Lembeck, (Ellis Funk, P.C.), Atlanta, Juliette Lavallee, (Western Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0199

    Court reverses order that modified a father's child support payments due to errors in calculating his income and in evaluating educational expenses

  • Grimes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Woodrow Smith, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darius Pattillo, Sharon Hopkins, Jodi Spiegel, (Henry County District Attorney’s Office), McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0076

    Court reverses order revoking a defendant's probation because that order was based on inadmissible hearsay and defendant's due process rights were violated

  • July 25, 2022 | Law.com

    New Climate Litigation Trend Threatens EU Emissions Curbs

    Fossil Fuel companies are using a 1990s investment agreement treaty to recoup investment losses suffered as a result of governments' plans to curb greenhouse gas emissions. NGOs have called the treaty a "climate action killer" and lawyers say it has created a regulatory chill.

    9 minute read

  • July 25, 2022 | Daily Report Online

    Film Producer Pleads Guilty in Fraud Investment Scams

    "The defendant used 21st-century technology to perpetrate an age-old fraud: lying to investors to steal their money and fund his own lavish lifestyle," U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan said in a news release. "Felton's conviction should serve as a warning to anyone who seeks to capitalize on emerging technology to victimize others."

    2 minute read