• October 11, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    David Boies to Stay the Course for Longtime Client Weinstein

    The Boies Schiller Flexner chairman has adopted a conciliatory tone about Weinstein's negotiations with the film studio that bears his name.

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  • August 24, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    Litigator and NFL Nemesis Quinn Trains Barbs at Football Establishment

    As the NFL enters a new season less than two weeks from now, it's never spun more cash nor spun off more controversy. And legendary litigator and antitrust specialist James Quinn, one of the country's most experienced sports lawyers, has no shortage of observations to make, and work to do, in football-related matters.

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  • August 23, 2017 | The Recorder

    NFL Franchise Moves and Controversies Create a Lucrative Playing Field for Big Law

    The start of the 2017 National Football League season may seem like a hot mess to fans–especially those in San Diego, St. Louis and Oakland–but it looks like another banner year for the attorneys who keep it all legal. By any measure, 2016 was a boom year for Big Law and the NFL.

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  • July 27, 2017 | The Recorder

    MDL Panel Appears Reluctant to Consolidate Cases

    The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation appeared loath to coordinate many of the cases that came up on Thursday, including one involving record requests over the enforcement of President Donald Trump's travel ban.

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  • June 8, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    A Pro Bono Stage of a Different Sort for Weil

    Weil, Gotshal & Manges, a firm familiar with high-profile bankruptcy engagements, took on a Chapter 7 case this week for The Pearl Theatre Co., a longtime off Broadway acting troupe in New York City. But Weil also scored a more lucrative assignment for an oil services company.

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  • May 30, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    Winston & Strawn, Gibson Dunn Among Top Billers for NFL Players

    The National Football League Players Association's annual LM-2 filing shows that the labor union representing NFL players paid out sizeable sums within the past year to lawyers from Baker & Hos

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  • May 30, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    Winston & Strawn, Gibson Dunn Among Top Billers for NFL Players

    The National Football League Players Association's annual LM-2 filing shows that the labor union representing NFL players paid out sizeable sums within the past year to lawyers from Baker & Hostetler; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Winston & Strawn. Another legal battle with the league potentially looms on the horizon.

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  • March 20, 2017 | National Law Journal

    In-House Counsel Profile: Barnes & Noble Inc.'s Brad Feuer

    COMPANY PROFILE Barnes & Noble Inc. is a Fortune 500 bookseller based in New York with more than 630 stores across the U.S. Between its sales online

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  • Flo & Eddie v. Sirius XM Radio, 15-1164-cv

    Publication Date: 2017-02-21
    Practice Area: Copyrights
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Calabresi, Chin, and Carney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Henry Gradstein, Maryann R. Marzano, on the brief, Harvey Geller, Gradstein & Marzano, P.C., Los Angeles, CA.; Evan S. Cohen, on the brief, Los Angeles, CA.; Michael Gervais, Arun S. Subramanian, Susman Godfrey LLP, New York, NY.; Robert Rimberg, Goldberg Rimberg & Weg PLLC.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Cassandra L. Seto, on the brief, Daniel M. Petrocelli, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA.; Johnathan D. Hacker, on the brief, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae Law Professors Gary Pulsinelli, Julie Ross, and Peter Jaszi, in support of Defendant-Appellant: Brandon Butler, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae Howard Abrams, Brandon Butler, Michael Carrier, Michael Carroll, Ralph Clifford, Brian Frye, William Gallagher, Eric Goldman, James Grimmelmann, Yvette Liebesman, Brian Love, Tyler Ochoa, David Olson, David Post, Michael Risch, Matthew Sag, Rebecca Tushnet, and David Welkowitz, in support of Defendant-Appellant: Eugene Volokh, UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, CA. For Amicus Curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation, in support of Defendant-Appellant: Mitchell Stoltz, Vera Ranieri, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA. For Amicus Curiae Pandora Media, Inc., in support of Defendant-Appellant: R. Bruce Rich, Benjamin E. Marks, Gregory Silbert, Todd Larson, Kami Lizarraga, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Public Knowledge, in support of Defendant-Appellant: Sherwin Siy, John Bergmayer, Raza Panjwani, Public Knowledge, Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae National Association of Broadcasters, in support of Defendant-Appellant: Stephen B. Kinnaird, Paul Hastings LLP, Washington, D.C.; Rick Kaplan, National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae New York State Broadcasters Association, Inc., in support of Defendant-Appellant: Adam R. Bialek, Stephen J. Barrett, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, New York, NY.; David L. Donovan, New York State Broadcasters Association, Inc., Albany, NY.

    Case Number: 15-1164-cv

    Cite as: Flo &Eddie v. Sirius, 15-1164-cv, NYLJ 1202779535509, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided February 16, 2017) CASE NAME Flo & Eddie, Inc., a California Corpor

  • Daniel v. Wayans

    Publication Date: 2017-02-09
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Entertainment and Sports Law
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Date Filed: 2017-02-09
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Reisner & King, Adam J. Reisner, Tessa M. King; Benedon & Serlin, Melinda W. Ebelhar and Douglas G. Benedon for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Venable, William J. Briggs II, Celeste M. Brecht and Eric J. Bakewell for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. B261814 Consolidated with B263950

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 1193 PIERRE DANIEL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MARLON WAYANS, Defenda