Before the shock of Oscar De La Hoya being arrested for Driving Under the Influence had begun to subside, Golden Boy Promotions suffered another setback when U.S. District Judge John F. Walter, of the Court of Central California, dismissed its antitrust case against Al Haymon and Premier Boxing Champions. This courtroom battle turned into the...
Where do you go after spending more than four decades at one of the world’s leading law firms? The golf course might be the answer for many — but not for James W. Quinn, who left Weil Gotshal & Manges to join the New York office of one of the nation’s top litigation boutiques, Berg...
(Reuters) – The former head of the litigation department at Weil Gotshal & Manges has joined a boutique trial firm in New York. James Quinn, 71, is now of counsel at Houston-based Berg & Androphy, which opened a New York office two years ago. Quinn, who has represented ExxonMobil, ESPN and Procter & Gamble in...
NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — In a noteworthy addition to its New York trial practice, trial boutique Berg & Androphy announced the arrival of veteran courtroom star James W. Quinn as Of Counsel in its New York office. Mr. Quinn joins Berg & Androphy after more than 40 years of practice at Weil,...
A pair of top sports industry lawyers left their respective law firms Tuesday for new digs. James Quinn, a longtime litigation partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges in New York, has retired from the firm at 71 and joined trial boutique Berg & Androphy. O’Melveny & Myers also announced its hire of DLA Piper corporate...
James Quinn, who spent more than 40 years at Weil Gotshal & Manges, trying some of its biggest cases, serving on its executive committee and acting as the head of its litigation department, announced on Tuesday he is leaving to join a small Houston-based plaintiff’s firm. Quinn, 71, will remain in New York but work...
By David Lat With its final resolution almost 30 years in the past, it’s hard for observers today to understand the epic nature of Pennzoil v. Texaco. The case is famous for generating what was at the time the largest jury verdict in history, for $10.53 billion (or $11.1 billion with interest, after it was...
Law360, New York (October 20, 2016, 8:25 PM EDT) Lynn Tilton and Patriarch Partners LLC told a New York state appeals court Thursday that Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale’s $45 million fraudulent misrepresentation suit should be dismissed because documents describing the collateralized debt obligation investments explicitly said they would acquire equity as well…. Representing Nord/LB, Michael M. Fay of Berg...
By Dani Kass Law360, New York (August 24, 2016, 4:12 PM ET) — A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday refused to let Omnicare Inc. escape from two whistleblowers’ False Claims Act suit accusing the health care company of entering into a six-year kickback agreement with drug manufacturer Organon, concluding that too many questions remain about...
WIRED Magazine By Davey Alba (August 16, 2016) UNIVISION IS BUYING Gawker Media. The television network and web publisher reportedly placed a winning bid of $135 million to purchase Gawker, which declared bankruptcy after losing an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit to former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan. A federal bankruptcy court judge is set to approve the final...
