Austin, Texas-based company GoodPop has kicked off a “popsicle war” against competitor JonnyPops in a new lawsuit brought by Los Angeles-based litigation boutique Hueston Hennigan. The complaint, filed Thursday in the Texas Western District Court in Austin, accuses JonnyPops of violating the Lanham Act by deceiving consumers and retailers about the…

After Beach Boy Brian Wilson’s ex-wife Marilyn filed a request in Los Angeles Superior Court for an accounting and for payment, under the couple’s 1981 divorce judgment, of 50% of the monies Brian received from his 2021 sale of his song rights to Universal Music, Brian’s counsel had the case…

Freshfields Bruckhaus & Deringer has added Steven Matays, the head of the New York tax practice at Skadden, Arps, Meagher, Slate & Flom, the international firm said Thursday. Matays is the latest transactional hire at Freshfields, as the U.K.-founded firm pushes to gain market share in the U.S.

Sullivan & Cromwell is used to being an outlier, even by Big Law standards. The firm already maintained a black box partner compensation system, it continues with a single-tier partnership, and it doesn’t regularly announce lateral partner additions. But change has come relatively quickly in Big Law, pushing firms to adapt…

Prior to this term at the U.S. Supreme Court, Jessica Ellsworth of Hogan Lovells had argued at federal appellate courts across the country, but never the High Court. This term that changed, as Ellsworth argued two SCOTUS cases, including representing Danco Laboratories, the maker of the abortion pill Mifepristone in…

Coinbase chief policy officer Faryar Shirzad discusses the impact of the custodianship on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ Coinbase is launching a new legal offensive against the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to procure documents relating to the agencies’ approaches to crypto regulation, has learned. According to…