The head of Philadelphia’s Complex Litigation Center has declined to step away from the Zantac mass tort over his wife’s alleged ties to one of the defendants. Judge Joshua Roberts of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas denied plaintiffs’ motion for his recusal in an Aug. 15 order, ruling that…

How I Made Office Managing Partner: ‘Put Yourself in the Right Position to Take Advantage of Opportunities as They Arise,’ Says Heather Marx of Cozen O’Connor | Law.com Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/2024/08/19/how-i-made-office-managing-partner-put-yourself-in-the-right-position-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities-as-they-arise-says-heather-marx-of-cozen-oconnor/ Heather Marx of Cozen O’Connor. Courtesy photo Q&A “I believe you have to put yourself in the right…

Mike Lynch, the tech billionaire and founding investor of U.K.-based legal artificial intelligence company Luminance, was declared missing at sea early Monday when the 184-foot superyacht Bayesian he was on sank in a storm off the coast of Sicily. Lynch, 59, is one of six people still missing. His wife, Angela Bacares, was…

A federal judge in Minnesota ruled that Abbott Laboratories, the creators of Pedialyte, can continue with its trademark suit against Revitalyte, a similar electrolyte beverage made popular through a partnership with sports and pop culture media company, Barstool Sports. In an Aug. 13 opinion, U.S. District Judge Donovan W. Frank…

Hogan Lovells has recruited power regulatory lawyer Chip Cannon from A&O Shearman, marking the latest partner exit from the newly merged firm. Cannon joins Hogan Lovells’ global regulatory and IP practice as a partner in Washington, D.C. His practice focuses on markets and regulation in the U.S. power sector, including matters…

Attorneys general from Alabama, Georgia, Iowa and Ohio are urging a federal judge to allow Kroger’s $24.6 billion acquisition of rival Albertsons to go through, arguing that the Federal Trade Commission’s opposition to the deal is premised on an overly narrow definition of the grocery market that’s detached from reality and…