Pittsburgh Managing Partner Todd A. Gray and Tampa Partner Taylor McKnight will present on nuclear verdicts at the upcoming American Trucking Associations (ATA) Legal Forum, hosted at the W Hotel in Austin from July 10-13.

The United States Supreme Court held in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana that individual claims under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) may be divided from the PAGA action and forced into arbitration, which then causes the individual plaintiff to lose standing to act as a group-wide PAGA representative. This holding opens a path for employers around the holding in Iskanian v. CLS Transp. Los Angeles, LLC, which precluded the division of PAGA actions into individual and representative claims through an agreement to arbitrate.

Fort Lauderdale and Chicago Partner Michael Gnesin recently spoke to Law360 for an article about joining Lewis Brisbois and how his background informs his work with companies that are facing challenges related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

On May 30, 2022, Microsoft issued an alert regarding a vulnerability in its Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool that can be exploited using Microsoft Office documents and results in the unauthorized installation of programs or access to data.The vulnerability evades common protections associated with Microsoft Office documents, requires minimal user interaction, and can be used by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges to fully take over a machine, or deploy additional malware.

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Brandon Rhodes to its Lafayette, Louisiana office as a partner in the firm's General Liability, Healthcare, Medical Malpractice, and Behavioral Health Practices. Mr. Rhodes brings more than two decades of experience defending clients in matters involving healthcare, products liability, premises liability, recreation, entertainment, and complex litigation.

The patchwork of state laws that impact transportation-related claims can create substantial headaches for companies that operate across state lines. To assist businesses in navigating this complexity, Lewis Brisbois' National Transportation Practice attorneys have developed "cheat sheets" for most of the United States, with more coming soon.

Los Angeles Partner Eric Y. Kizirian received the Matthew S. Rae, Jr. Outstanding Section Leader Award at the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA) Installation & Awards Dinner, hosted at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel on June 23.

North Carolina made national headlines recently as the first state to prohibit state agencies and local government entities from paying a ransom following an attack. But N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-800 goes one step further, prohibiting those entities from even communicating with a threat actor following an attack.

On October 1, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law AB 447, which amends California Code of Civil Procedure Section 377.34. This new law allows recovery of damages for pain, suffering, or disfigurement by a decedent’s personal representative or successor in interest, by way of a survival action, following the death of the decedent.

Lewis Brisbois is proud to be sponsoring the National LGBTQ+ Bar Foundation’s 2022 Lavender Law Conference & Career Fair, which will take place in Los Angeles, California on July 27-29, 2022.

Houston Partner John Long will moderate a panel at the upcoming National Association for Athletics Compliance (NAAC) conference, as part of the National Association of College Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Convention, hosted at Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas from June 26-29.

Respondeat superior claims in Georgia continue to be a hot button topic. Several key legal updates occurred, which swung the needle in both directions, affecting both liberal and conservative applications of the claim.

Los Angeles Co-Managing Partners Steven R. Lewis and Jana I. Lubert were recently named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s (LABJ) 2022 LA500 List, which recognizes the 500 most influential business leaders in the Los Angeles Metropolitan area across various industries.