Wilmington Managing Partner Francis G.X. Pileggi recently spoke with Law360 for an article regarding Delaware Vice Chancellor Morgan Zurn’s comments indicating that she was “heartbroken” regarding what she perceived to be a recent “breakdown” in "civility and respect" in the state’s bar. The vice chancellor’s remarks, in which she called the previous year an “annus horribilis,” followed final rulings on a $30 million mediated settlement that resolved a five-year dispute over the fairness of Match.com's 2019 reverse spinoff from Barry Diller-controlled IAC/Interactive.

Chicago/Los Angeles Partner Mary Smigielski recently spoke with Lexology for an article examining the decline in class action lawsuits brought under Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) following a 2024 amendment that limits the damages plaintiffs in such cases can recover.

San Diego Associate Paola Perkins recently obtained summary judgment for the firm's client in a slip and fall lawsuit involving a public sidewalk adjacent to the client's property.

Fort Lauderdale Associate Soo Jin Isicoff will moderate a panel on cross-border capital flows at the PERE Seoul Forum 2025 on September 29 at the Conrad Hotel in Seoul, South Korea.

The panel, titled " Cross-border capital flows – Targeting growth & returns in Trump’s America," will be held at 2 pm (14:00) KST and will feature a trio of panelists: Hana Securities Managing Director Doyle Kim, Dalfen Industrial President and CEO Sean Dalfen, and Lightstone CFO and Managing Director, Capital Markets Sean P. Clifford.

On September 12, 2025, after a two-week trial, the Phoenix trial team of Partner Matt Kleifield, Associate Bryce Anderson, and Paralegal Esther Fairley received a unanimous defense verdict in a contentious case involving a motor vehicle accident from which the plaintiff claimed a TBI with chronic and permanent symptoms/deficits nearly five years later. 

Los Angeles Partner Dana Alden Fox will be performing with his rock band, Too Loud for Larry, at the American Board of Trial Advocates' (ABOTA) upcoming “Battle of the Barristers” event on October 7 at the Whisky a Go Go in West Hollywood. 

For the second time this year, Boston Partner Kip Adams appeared before the U.S. Court of Appeals on behalf of a firm client concerning complex OSHA law issues.   

Newark Managing Partner Colin Hackett recently obtained a favorable and unusual defense verdict at the close of a seven-day trial in a motor vehicle accident case. The plaintiff’s demand was seven figures the day trial started, dropping to a high six figures after the first day of testimony. The jury, however, returned the lowest six figure verdict possible and one-tenth of the demand the day trial started.

Seattle Partners Michael A. Jaeger and Jonathan Missen, with Associate Christian Brown, secured a Washington appellate court decision that affirmed an order granting summary judgment for Live Nation, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office and Phish in a lawsuit in which the plaintiffs sought to hold the defendants liable for injuries they suffered at a concert when they were struck with rocks by unknown assailants.

Minneapolis Partner Larina Alton obtained an appellate reversal for her client in a precedent-setting case before the Minnesota Supreme Court. The case, Doug Hoskin v. Josh Krsnak, et al., number A23-1275, involved complex allegations of economic duress and fiduciary abuse between longtime business partners amid the financial turmoil of the COVID-19 pandemic. When Ms. Alton’s client, Hoskin, was allegedly coerced into transferring his assets to Krsnak under threat of financial ruin, his efforts to hold his partner accountable were initially blocked by courts that ruled his claims were barred by the very contractual releases he claimed he was forced to execute against his will.