Las Vegas Managing Partner Josh Cole Aicklen will join a panel on personal injury litigation, hosted by National Business Institute (NBI) on November 14 at 9:00 a.m. PT.

Wilmington Partner Rafael X. Zahralddin recently wrote an article for Business Law Today entitled “The Emerging Indirect Expropriation Strategy under Russian Sanctions, Tax, and Bankruptcy Laws,” that explores in depth Russia’s current countersanctions regime amid the ongoing conflict with Ukraine.

San Francisco Partners Anna Gourgiotopoulou and Spencer H. Kelly secured a favorable jury verdict for a transportation technology client of the firm in a high exposure case in California. The trial team was assisted by Los Angeles Partner Rod Cappy, who litigated the case throughout its pendency.

In a move aimed at undermining Russia's workarounds to evade sanctions thus far, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) recently imposed nearly 100 new sanctions on Russia's industrial base, financial institutions, and technology suppliers. The Department of State has also designated more than 70 individuals.

Phoenix Partner and Chair of Lewis Brisbois' Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Practice Gregg E. Clifton and New York Associate Christina Stylianou recently penned the second installment of a two-part Law360 Expert Analysis series regarding proposed federal name, image, and likeness (NIL) legislation. The article, titled, “The NIL Legislation Race: CAEFA And Ted Cruz's Draft Bill,” details the College Athlete Economic Freedom Act (CAEFA) and Senator Ted Cruz’s fourth discussion draft of a potential NIL bill. The first installment of the two-part series discussed the College Athletes Protection and Compensation Act (CAPCA) and the Protecting Athletes, Schools, and Sports Act (PASS Act). 

Phoenix Partner Julie E. Maurer, Chair of the National Cargo & Logistics Practice and co-Chair of the Transportation Practice, and Partner Andrew Kleiner recently obtained summary judgment in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida on behalf of their client, an interstate moving company, when the court ruled that their client properly limited its liability to $0.60 per pound per article for damage and loss that occurred during the interstate transport of the plaintiff’s goods.

San Bernardino Partner Bryan Reid and his fellow leaders of the San Bernardino/Riverside Chapter of ABOTA (the American Board of Trial Advocates) received the prestigious “Chapter of the Year” award from 2023 ABOTA President Steve Quattlebaum during a recent national board meeting held at Whistler, B.C.

Fort Lauderdale Partner David Shannon will speak at the upcoming National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Tax, Regulatory, & Risk Management Conference, hosted at Resorts World in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 15 at 2:05 p.m. PT.

San Francisco Partner Michael G. Descalso will join the defense team at an upcoming trial program, hosted by the San Francisco chapter of The American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) at the Miton Marks Auditorium on October 26. He will be joined by Associate Salayha Ghoury, who will participate as a defense witness. 

Lewis Brisbois has commented extensively on the conflicts between aircraft lessors and insurance companies related to aircraft detained in Russia due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The sixth part of this series looks at Russian state-owned airline Aeroflot’s plans to buy the detained airplanes.

Boston Partner Kip J. Adams will present on OSHA inspections at the National Contractors Insurance (NCI) Risk Control Workshop in Denver on September 21 at 12:30 p.m. MT.  

Phoenix Partner and Chair of Lewis Brisbois' Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Practice Gregg E. Clifton and New York Associate Christina Stylianou will present on the current state of NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) student athlete compensation at the 33rd Annual Legal Education Seminar. This event will be co-hosted by the Central Illinois Paralegal Association (CIPA) and McLean County Bar Association (MCBA) in Bloomington, Illinois on September 22 at 11:30 a.m. CT.

On September 8, 2023, the IRS announced a sweeping new effort to crack down on abuses of the tax code by focusing more attention on high-income earners, partnerships, large corporations and promoters. To that end, the IRS indicated it would utilize Artificial Intelligence (AI) to detect tax evasion, identify emerging compliance threats, and improve case selection tools to avoid unnecessary audits.