A sexual harassment case that was brought against former Deacons partner Stefano Mariani in Hong Kong last year has been discontinued by the claimant at the city’s District Court. District Court Judge Harold Leong has also ordered that the Anonymity Order granted to the claimant, Jennifer Baccanello, a 33 year-old…

Jon Van Gorp was reelected by Mayer Brown for his second consecutive term as firm chair, the firm announced today. Van Gorp took over in June 2021 and led the firm to a record high $1.9 billion in revenue last year.  In an interview, Van Gorp said he wanted a…

After 11 years in the role, Mary Beth Hogan will step down as co-chair of Debevoise & Plimpton’s litigation department at the end of this month. She will be replaced by Jyotin (Joe) Hamid, a longtime partner who currently chairs the firm’s employment litigation practice and sits on its managing committee. Hamid…

A federal judge in Trenton, New Jersey, dismissed a suit claiming the American Arbitration Association allowed frequent-filing claimants to bring meritless claims against sandwich chain Jersey Mike’s for online privacy violations. Jersey Mike’s claimed in a suit filed in 2023 that it was facing frivolous claims by three California residents who…

A divided Connecticut Supreme Court rejected a challenge to an arbitration award that reinstated an employee who was alleged to have refused for hours, while armed, to leave his home and cooperate with police after a domestic altercation with his wife. But the resolution of that case meant that the…

A U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit panel seemed skeptical Monday of overturning an order that undid a partnership between American Airlines and JetBlue, which the lower court deemed anti-competitive. During arguments in the airlines’ appeal, Chief Judge David Barron questioned if their abandonment of certain routes under…