Madison County Partners Nick Martin and Jarred Reed recently secured summary judgment in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois on behalf of a major retailer. The court determined that the store neither created the alleged hazardous condition nor had notice of its existence.

On March 27, 2025, a Providence County Superior Court jury returned a unanimous defense verdict for Kirkbrae Country Club after a four-day trial presided over by the Honorable Associate Justice Joseph A. Montalbano. Providence Partner Monica R. Nelson and Associate Nicole L. Andrescavage represented Kirkbrae at trial after five years of extensive discovery and pre-trial motion practice.

After picking three juries to date in 2025, the New Jersey Trial Team of Partners Afsha Noran and Colin Hackett received their first - and favorable - jury verdict of 2025.

The plaintiff in a putative securities class action lawsuit in New York federal court has voluntarily dismissed the case against all defendants, including three Lewis Brisbois clients - former Allarity Therapeutics officers James G. Cullem, Joan Y. Brown, and Jens Erik Knudsen.

Phoenix Partners Kevin Nicholas and Jay Rademacher recently obtained a decision from the Arizona Court of Appeals that affirmed the dismissal of a wrongful death lawsuit against their senior living facility client.  
 

Last month, a cross-office team of attorneys led by Atlanta Partner Jonathan Goins obtained a dismissal in federal court on behalf of a streaming network client just a day before a scheduled jury trial. Litigated before Judge Mark Scarsi of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the case involved trademark naming rights over the use of a reality television series. Mr. Goins’ team included Los Angeles Partners Robert M. Collins, San Diego Partner Anastasiya Menshikova, and Atlanta Associate Gabriella Stroude. Los Angeles Partners Eric Castro and Alexis Crump provide general counsel services to this long-term entertainment client. 

In significant appellate victories, in both Jane Doe Two v. KIPP Academy Charter School, ___ A.D.3d ___ (1st Dep’t 2025), and Jane Doe Three v. KIPP Academy Charter School, ___ A.D.3d ___ (1st Dep’t 2025), Partner Dean Pillarella, a member of the Appellate Practice, obtained the pre-answer dismissal of two Child Victims Act matters for the Firm’s not-for-profit client.

The New Jersey Trial Team of Partners Afsha Noran and Colin Hackett began 2025 picking two juries on back-to-back wrongful death and toxic tort matters.  The trials were estimated to last four and five weeks, respectively. However, after juries were selected, openings were held and the plaintiffs began their respective cases in chief, the two matters each settled on the fourth day of trial for fractions of the plaintiffs' demands on the day the trials started.

Boston Partners Kenneth B. Walton and Patricia B. Gary recently obtained appellate victories from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court for their doctor clients in two separate appeals, George Mackie v. Katrin Rouse-Weir and George Mackie v. Robert Joss, which implicate the public interest. The cases both arose under the Massachusetts “sexual dangerous person” (SDP) statute, G.L. c. 123A, et seq., which allowed the Commonwealth to petition to civilly commit the plaintiff after his release. One of the doctors was the probable cause expert whose opinions were required to begin the SDP process, and the other doctor was a qualified examiner whose opinions allowed the case to proceed to trial.