“On the eve of a major strike authorization vote, over 100 members of Congress are asking producers to work with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees “to reach a fair contract and address the basic human needs that will allow them to do their jobs safely and with dignity,” reports Katie Kilkenny in The Hollywood Reporter.

“In a letter sent Thursday to Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers president Carol Lombardini, 120 senators and representatives including Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Adam Schiff, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand say that “we support the principles of adequate sleep, meal breaks and living wages for all.”

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“Two Kansas City Council members left a dramatic committee meeting on Wednesday as members sparred verbally over the controversial airport concessions contract. Council members Teresa Loar, waving to the people packed in the chambers as she exited, and Katheryn Shields,” reports Cortlynn Stark and Kevin Hardy in The Kansas City Star.

“While the theatrics slowed down the the committee meeting, it still approved the proposed airport concessions contract, sending it to the full council for approval next week. The concessions bid is one of the largest opportunities available to private companies at Kansas City International Airport, the city’s largest ever infrastructure project.”

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“By any argument, Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has had an exceptional career through his first three N.F.L. seasons. Drafted at the end of the first round in 2018, he quickly emerged as one of the league’s most dynamic players, winning six of his first seven regular-season starts in his first,” reports Ken Belson in The New York Times.

“Those are among the facts that will undoubtedly be brought up as Jackson and Baltimore executives negotiate an extension of his rookie contract, the massive payday that is usually the largest salary bump in an N.F.L. player’s career and that will determine the market for other franchise quarterbacks nearing the end of their entry-level.”

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“Dan Berkovitz will join the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as the Wall Street regulator’s general counsel in November. Berkovitz, who previously said he plans to leave his seat on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission next month, will replace John Coates, who had been serving as,” reports Benjamin Bain in Bloomberg.

“Gary Gensler, who took over as SEC chairman in April, relied on Berkovitz’s advice while leading the CFTC during the Obama administration as the agency wrote rules to regulate the swaps market following the 2008 financial crisis. At the SEC, Gensler has also laid out an ambitious agenda that includes writing dozens of new rules, as well.”

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“The national law firm of Baron & Budd, as part of the plaintiffs’ steering committee, announced a $1.8 billion settlement with Southern California Gas Company and its parent company Sempra Energy over personal injury and property damage claims related to the 2015 Aliso Canyon natural gas blowout,” reports Business Wire in their blog.

“The Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility is located near Porter Ranch in Los Angeles County, California. Over 35,000 victims in the surrounding community were affected by the leak, including complaints of nausea, rashes, nosebleeds, respiratory problems, and other symptoms. During the blowout, 8,300 homes had to be evacuated.”

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“A plastics company accused of contaminating residents’ water in a New York town, has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit for over $23 million, the Times Union reported. The settlement, which was filed on Friday and is pending court approval, would resolve a lawsuit brought by eight plaintiffs that,” reports Caroline Vakil in The Hill.

“The Times Union noted that products made by the company were allegedly coated with PFOA chemicals. The plaintiffs alleged that the company polluted Petersburgh water supplies when by releasing it from the company’s smoke stacks near a highway. The plaintiffs say that there are notable levels of the chemicals were found in their.”

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Today, Hanzo, a technology pioneer in preserving, collecting, reviewing, and exporting dynamic, complex collaboration, messaging, and SaaS data sources, announced a significant enhancement to Hanzo Hold. The new Visual Analyzer capability helps organizations gain rapid insights from massive volumes of Slack conversations during discovery or internal investigations.

Hanzo Hold brings simplicity and control to legal and HR teams who need easy and rapid access to information. Visual Analyzer builds upon Hanzo’s robust search capabilities using a heat map to display keyword hits across time, who is conversing about a specific topic, and which channels or direct messages these conversations exist. From this visual analysis, organizations can identify other custodians and rule out extraneous and irrelevant data for narrowing the scope.

With the Visual Analyzer, it’s quick work to see the volume distribution of messages over time and filter by the highest volume of channels or by the highest volume users to rapidly make sense of Slack content. This addition makes it easy to drill down into specific conversations from the filter set and use the heat map to cull data and export what you need quickly. Individually select or click and drag to select multiple dates for a quick inspection. No expert boolean search parameters are required.

Hanzo’s Visual Analyzer creates a visualization of total message volume across time while providing easy-to-use, interactive filters based on channels and users. Visual Analyzer allows users to rapidly understand the breadth of their data with quick-view results based on timeframes, custodians, and channels. Users may also select individual heatmap tiles or draw timeboxes to view the relevant message results. At any step in the process, users can export their data in review-platform-ready formats. Best of all, no expert boolean search parameters are required.

“This new feature is Hanzo’s first entry into visual analytics born from the work we did with The Sustainable Innovation Fund with Innovate UK grant. We’ve been building models to take complex data sets and extract value and meaning with visual context,” said Brad Harris, VP of Product, Hanzo. “When you have massive amounts of data, results in a simple grid view are tough to parse through to gain meaningful insights. From this foundational work, we’re looking forward to adding toolsets to help enterprises gain more intelligence about the content of their data, whether it’s PII or sentiment analysis.”

About Hanzo
Hanzo brings context and a greater understanding of enterprise data to corporate legal and compliance teams by providing in-house control over dynamic and collaborative data sources. This control allows organizations to reduce billions of dollars in risk, litigation, and compliance costs and elevate corporate legal and regulatory compliance responses. Hanzo’s software empowers defensible preservation, targeted collection, and efficient review of dynamic content from enterprise collaboration applications and complex websites. Hanzo is SOC 2® Type 2 certified, demonstrating its data security commitment and serving large corporations worldwide. Learn more at https://www.hanzo.co and follow updates on Twitter: @gethanzo or on LinkedIn.

“Billing is a huge part of working at a Biglaw firm. As an associate, your life is divided into tenths of an hour, and if you don’t meet your hourly requirements by year end, you can expect to be penalized accordingly. Everyone else may be getting enormous bonuses but not you. No, you’ll be lucky if you,” reports Staci Zaretsky in their Above The Law.

“This harsh reality is why some lawyers overbill their clients. If they get caught, the punishment can be even worse than going without a bonus. John P. Paleczny and Stephanie A. Gerstetter, now former associates at Lewis Brisbois and Reed Smith, respectively, learned this lesson the hard way. As reported by the ABA Journal, both Illinois.”

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“Citigroup Inc C.N has named former U.S. Treasury official Brent McIntosh as its new general counsel and corporate secretary, Chief Executive Officer Jane Fraser wrote in a memo to employees on Monday. McIntosh, who will succeed Rohan Weerasinghe, will join the bank on Oct. 25. Weerasinghe, retiring,” reports Reuters in their blog.

“The incoming general counsel previously held the role of under secretary for international affairs at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where he was crucial in designing policies to combat the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the memo said. McIntosh has also held senior roles at the White House and the U.S.”

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“A global settlement of up to $1.8 billion was reached in the Aliso Canyon Well Blowout lawsuit. The settlement was achieved after nearly six years of intense litigation led by a coordinated team of plaintiffs’ attorneys, including Robin Greenwald and Devin Bolton of Weitz & Luxenberg P.C.; Brian J. Panish and,” reports EIN Press Wire in their blog.

“On October 23, 2015, a massive gas leak was discovered at the Standard Sesnon 25 SS-25 well in Aliso Canyon, California. In the days and weeks that followed, people living in the community reported strong odors and suffered physical symptoms, two schools were moved, and nearly 8,000 households were forced to relocate to temporary.”

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“Greyhound will pay $2.2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Washington state over the company’s practice of allowing U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents to board and search its buses without warrants, the state attorney general’s office announced Monday. The money will given to passengers,” reports Ivana Saric in Axios.

“After immigration agents performed an immigration sweep on a bus at the Spokane Intermodal Center, as well as to covering some of the litigation costs incurred by the attorney general’s office. Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced the deal just a day before his office’s lawsuit against Greyhound was set to go to trial, per the New York.”

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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that Henry C. Su has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as partner. Mr. Su will practice as part of the Antitrust and Intellectual Property teams.

“Henry is an exceptional attorney with a unique background in antitrust matters, intellectual property, emerging technologies, and government agencies,” said Bradley Chairman of the Board and Managing Partner Jonathan Skeeters. “In particular, his extensive knowledge of antitrust law and emerging technologies coupled with his experience at the Federal Trade Commission, both as a trial lawyer and as an advisor to the Chair of the Commission, will provide a tremendous benefit to our clients. We are extremely pleased to welcome him to the firm.”

“Henry deepens the expertise of Bradley’s nationally recognized group of antitrust attorneys and broadens the reach of our antitrust and competition practice,” added Mike Denniston, chair of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Practice Group.

Bradley announced a major expansion of its national healthcare practice in early 2020 with the addition of four highly regarded antitrust attorneys from Womble Bond Dickinson, led by Mark Horoschak and Brian Hayles. The addition of Mr. Su to Bradley’s extensive team reflects Bradley’s commitment to assisting clients across highly regulated industries and matters.

“I am excited to join such an accomplished team and to be part of the continued growth of Bradley’s nationwide practice, which has an unmatched reputation in the industry,” said Mr. Su.

Mr. Su has more than 20 years of litigation experience, focusing his practice on trial and appellate matters involving antitrust, intellectual property, and technology disputes. He spent 10 years in Silicon Valley litigating patent infringement and antitrust cases for clients in the software, hardware, medical device, and biotechnology industries. Mr. Su is a registered patent attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Additionally, Mr. Su counsels and represents clients in matters involving government agencies, drawing on his experience working with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for more than six years, where he served as a trial lawyer in the Bureau of Competition’s Litigation Group, which was responsible for litigating anticompetitive merger and conduct cases, as well as an attorney advisor to two sitting commissioners.

Mr. Su utilizes his experience with companies, entrepreneurs, and investors in Silicon Valley, along with his background working with enforcers, regulators, and policymakers in D.C. to provide his clients with a unique perspective into the intersection of government, business, and technology interests.

A frequent author and speaker, Mr. Su is a member of the faculty for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. He has held numerous leadership positions with national bar associations, including the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section, the National Asian Pacific Bar Association, and the Federal Circuit Bar Association. Mr. Su is a member of the bar in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and California.

Mr. Su graduated cum laude from Yale University with a B.S. in Biology and earned his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. He is an active member of his community, volunteering his time with organizations including A Wider Circle and the C&O Canal Trust and tutoring students on writing and composition.

About Bradley
Bradley combines skilled legal counsel with exceptional client service and unwavering integrity to assist a diverse range of corporate and individual clients in achieving their business goals. With offices in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and the District of Columbia, the firm’s nearly 550 lawyers represent regional, national and international clients in various industries, including banking and financial services, construction, energy, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, real estate, and technology, among many others.

HOUSTON – Texas Super Lawyers, a widely respected peer-review lawyer guide, has selected three Bissinger, Oshman, Williams & Strasburger LLP partners among the state’s leading business litigators for 2021.

Name partners David Bissinger, Jason Williams and John B. Strasburger of the Houston-based trial firm were selected for their business litigation expertise through a rigorous process honoring no more than 5 percent of the state’s lawyers.

The Texas Super Lawyers list will appear in the October issues of Texas Monthly and Super Lawyers magazines. Owned by Thomson Reuters, Super Lawyers makes its selections based on lawyer surveys, careful research and extensive review by a blue-ribbon panel of top lawyers in the same practice areas.

“Our firm was founded on the premise that we will always protect our clients’ business interests as if they are our own,” said Mr. Bissinger. “We take that responsibility seriously. Achieving honors from a peer-review, competitive process like this one is an indication that we are delivering on that promise.”

Mr. Bissinger represents clients in disputes involving energy and technology matters, securities, trade secrets and employment covenants, executive compensation, corporate fiduciary, banking, and real estate. He also serves as an arbitrator in commercial disputes.

Mr. Williams’ practice focuses on energy, corporate fiduciary, securities, and construction litigation. A former chairman of the Houston Bar Association’s Securities Litigation and Arbitration Section and co-chair of the LegalLine Committee, he also serves on the board of Houston Achievement Place.

Mr. Strasburger has extensive experience in complex litigation involving private equity, energy, trade secrets and employment covenants, hedge funds, financial derivatives, corporate-governance disputes, and has tried international banking, real estate, and construction disputes.

The commercial litigation work of Messrs. Bissinger, Williams and Strasburger was also recently recognized in the annual Best Lawyers in America legal guide.

Earlier this year, firm associate Erin Bullard was selected to the companion Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars listing of the state’s top attorneys under the age of 40 based on her civil litigation work.

About Bissinger, Oshman, Williams & Strasburger
Bissinger, Oshman, Williams & Strasburger LLP is a Houston-based business trial and transaction law firm focused on providing impactful, cost-effective solutions to complex disputes and transactions requiring careful attention, extensive experience, and a high level of sophistication. For more information, visit https://www.bowslaw.com.

Einhorn, Barbarito, Frost & Botwinick, PC, is pleased to announce that Julianne C. Smith has joined as an associate in the firm’s Family/Matrimonial Practice.

“We are pleased to welcome Julianne to our team and are confident that her experience in family law will be an asset to our clients,” said Gary R. Botwinick, Co-Managing Partner of the firm.

Smith has successfully represented clients in litigation and mediation matters regarding divorce, alimony, child support, custody, parenting time and equitable distribution. She works with her clients from the early stages of their case through conclusion and is known as a fierce advocate for her clients. Smith has been included in New Jersey Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” since 2018*.

After earning her J.D. from Florida Coastal School of Law, Smith clerked for the Honorable Joseph A. Turula in the Superior Court of New Jersey. She is admitted to the New Jersey Bar and is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and the Barry Croland Family Law Inn of Court. While attending law school, Smith served as a volunteer with the 4th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida with both the Prosecutor’s Office and the Honorable Gary P. Flower.

The full methodology for New Jersey Super Lawyers is available here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

About Einhorn, Barbarito, Frost & Botwinick, PC
Established in 1961, Einhorn, Barbarito, Frost & Botwinick, PC, based in Denville, New Jersey, is a full-service law firm devoted to serving a broad range of legal needs. In its more than 50 years in business, Einhorn Barbarito and its attorneys have earned a reputation for dedication to the community. The firm represents a diverse base of clients from individuals and families to public and private companies, entrepreneurs and long-standing institutions. The multi-disciplinary team of attorneys leverages experience in areas of concentration including business and corporate matters, employment law, commercial litigation, personal injury and workers’ compensation, family and matrimonial matters, real estate and zoning issues, estate planning, special education, assisted living issues, criminal law, and tax law, and the firm has a strong appellate practice that touches on a variety of legal issues. The firm also provides counsel to small- to medium-size businesses on an as-needed, on-demand basis through its innovative On-Call for Business program. For more information, please visit www.einhornlawyers.com.

Venable LLP represented Glass House Brands Inc. (NEO: GLAS.A.U and GLAS.WT.U) (OTCQX: GLASF and GHBWF), one of the fastest-growing, vertically integrated cannabis and hemp companies in the United States, in the acquisition through a subsidiary of an approximately 5.5 million square foot greenhouse facility located in Southern California (the “SoCal Facility”) for total consideration of $93.0 million in cash payable to the owner of the SoCal Facility plus additional stock considerations payable to the original holder of the option to purchase the SoCal Facility.

The SoCal Facility is located in Ventura County, California and consists of approximately 125 acres of ultra-high-tech and efficient KUBO greenhouses, including an on-site well, water treatment facilities, and natural gas generation facilities producing its own power, heat, and CO2, and six greenhouses totaling approximately 5.5 million square feet. Phase 1 of the SoCal Facility conversion to cannabis use will include the retrofit of two greenhouses and two packhouses totaling approximately 1.7 million square feet and is expected to be completed in Q1 2022. The remaining 3.8 million square feet of greenhouses will be converted in phases to cannabis use through Q4 2024.

Planned upgrades of the SoCal Facility include installation of blackout curtains, ebb and flood floors, a higher-density gutter system, dry rooms, and processing facilities, an energy-efficient supplemental LED lighting system, an upgraded HVAC system to further optimize climate conditions, and automated nutrient delivery and irrigation systems. Upon completion of approximately $40.0 million of planned upgrades, the SoCal Facility is expected to produce approximately 1.7 million dry weight pounds of cannabis biomass per year.

The Venable attorneys who represented Glass House in its acquisition of the SoCal Facility included Matthew A. Portnoff, Valentin Aguilar, and Paul Levin.

3D Systems Sells On Demand Manufacturing Business to Trilantic North America
Rimon attorneys Olivia Lê Horovitz and Nicolas Simon are legal advisers to 3D Systems on the sale of the French ODM business to Quickparts
South Carolina based 3D Systems Inc. has sold its On-Demand Manufacturing business to leading private equity firm, Trilantic North America, for $82 million. 3D Systems’ On-Demand Manufacturing business will be rebranded under Trilantic North America’s ownership as Quickparts, and will offer a variety of advanced and rapid manufacturing services, including additive and subtractive capabilities. The sale allows 3D Systems to focus on its strategic purpose as the leader in enabling additive manufacturing solutions from applications in growing markets that demand high-reliability products.
Rimon’s legal team led the French aspects of the sale of the ODM business from 3D Systems France to Quickparts France as part of this global transaction. The team was led by Rimon Paris Partner, Olivia Lê Horovitz, and supported by Rimon Paris attorney Nicolas Simon.
Olivia Lê Horovitz has previously advised 3D Systems Corporation on its acquisition of the same French business in 2008 from CEP and Protometal at the time owned by Ziad Abou which is now reacquiring the ODM business in partnership with Trilantic North America. She has also advised 3D Systems on the acquisition of technology start up, Co-Web, and metal laser printer manufacturer Phenix Systems by a mandatory public tender offer.
Read the 3D Systems Press Release here.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that David Vance Lucas, a partner in the firm’s Huntsville office, has been appointed to the City of Huntsville Advisory Council on Economic Development.

“David is a respected leader in this community and within the firm and his contributions to this council will undoubtedly benefit the City of Huntsville,” said Bradley Huntsville Office Managing Partner Frank M. Caprio.

The City of Huntsville Advisory Council on Economic Development is comprised of community leaders from different areas of expertise who advise the mayor about the needs and challenges the city is facing regarding future economic development. The initiative was organized by Mayor Tommy Battle to aid in the strategic growth of Huntsville.

Mr. Lucas provides legal strategy for technology and business, utilizing his technological and operational experience to advise on a variety of intellectual property, international trade and complex litigation matters. For more than two decades, he has advised CEOs, COOs and boards of directors on legal, compliance and operational issues and has served as general counsel to an international technology company and a laboratory software company. Mr. Lucas is a frequent author and speaker on intellectual property, national security and foreign direct investment issues.

About Bradley
Bradley combines skilled legal counsel with exceptional client service and unwavering integrity to assist a diverse range of corporate and individual clients in achieving their business goals. With offices in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and the District of Columbia, the firm’s nearly 550 lawyers represent regional, national and international clients in various industries, including banking and financial services, construction, energy, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, real estate, and technology, among many others.

An Illinois federal jury awarded Akerman client Atturo Tire Corp. $10 million in compensatory damages and $100 million in punitive damages on September 22. Following a 5-day trial in Chicago, the jury found Toyo Tire Corp. and Toyo U.S.A. Corp. liable for unfair competition, defamation, unjust enrichment, deceptive trade practices, and tortious interference with Atturo’s business.

The dispute dates back to 2013, when Toyo brought an International Trade Commission action for design patent infringement. Toyo did not sue Atturo in the ITC or bring any trade dress claim there. Nevertheless, Toyo began conditioning settlement of the ITC action on permanent agreements of many other companies in the tire industry to never sell, manufacture, distribute, or import Atturo’s Trail Blade M/T tire. As the jury found, Toyo also misrepresented to Atturo’s existing and prospective customers and manufacturing partners that Toyo owned and Atturo infringed a trade dress right in Toyo’s Open Country M/T tire.

The Akerman trial team was based in the firm’s Chicago office and included Intellectual Property Practice Chair Brian Bianco, Litigation partner Julia Lissner, and Intellectual Property partner Jay Schafer.

“We thank the jury for their careful attention to the case,” Bianco said. “Our client, Atturo, has fought for a long time to get here. It’s gratifying that the jurors understood that what Toyo did was wrong and has finally set things right,” Bianco added.

This is the latest success for Akerman in a long string of wins in this case in the Northern District of Illinois, including several summary judgment victories, multiple sanctions orders against Toyo, and exclusion of three Toyo expert witnesses.

About Akerman

Akerman LLP is a top 100 U.S. law firm recognized among the most forward-thinking firms in the industry by Financial Times. Its more than 700 lawyers and business professionals collaborate with the world’s most successful enterprises and entrepreneurs to navigate change, seize opportunities, and help drive innovation and growth.

Blank Rome Welcomes Intellectual Property & Technology Partner in Los Angeles
September 27, 2021 – Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Todd M. Malynn has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Intellectual Property & Technology practice group. With more than 25 years of experience, Todd’s practice spans nearly every aspect of intellectual property law. He joins Blank Rome from Polsinelli LLP.

“We are pleased to welcome Todd to our firm and nationally recognized IP practice,” said Grant S. Palmer, Blank Rome’s Managing Partner and CEO. “Todd is a well-respected trial attorney in both the Los Angeles area and nationally, and his successful track record of obtaining favorable outcomes for his clients will make him a strong addition to our IP group.”

Todd represents clients in a wide range of intellectual property matters, from patent, copyright, and trademark infringement to false advertising, unfair competition, misappropriation of trade secrets, and covenants not to compete. Another element of his active litigation practice includes arguing matters under the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Medical Device Regulation Act. Outside of the courts, Todd manages his clients’ patent and trademark portfolios and helps them to identify and monetize their rights and interests. He also represents clients before the Federal Drug Administration in approval proceedings. His work spans numerous industries, including cosmetics, healthcare, medical devices, manufacturing, and entertainment.

“Todd is a great addition to our IP team on the West Coast, having been involved in cases that resulted in some of the largest jury verdicts for trade secrets and patent infringement in California,” said Dipu A. Doshi, Partner and Co-Chair of Blank Rome’s Intellectual Property & Technology group. “Globally, his notable experience obtaining orders and injunctions, as well as seizure orders against counterfeiters in the United States and China, will also greatly benefit our clients, particularly with the alarming rate by which counterfeit goods continue to flood the market.”

Blank Rome’s nationally recognized IP group has received significant accolades for its strong practice capabilities, notably being recognized in World Trademark Review 1000 as a leading trademark practice for the eleventh year in a row in addition to ranking highly annually in Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America, U.S. News & World Report – Best Lawyers, IP Stars, World Trademark Review Global Leaders, Who’s Who Legal, and IAM Patent 1000, to name a few. Attorneys within the group are frequently called upon as thought leaders in legal publications and journals as well as speakers at industry events, and are well-versed on every aspect of national and international patent, trademark, and copyright law in a wide range of industries.

“I have known and worked with Blank Rome attorneys for several years, and have always been impressed by the caliber of their legal talent and strong collegiality,” Malynn said. “I look forward to growing my IP practice at Blank Rome, and to collaborating across practice groups on new opportunities.”
Todd earned his J.D. from Loyola School of Law, Los Angeles, Order of the Coif, and his B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Hinshaw Adds Experienced Litigation Partner in Baton Rouge

September 27, 2021 – Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP today announced that Lexi Holinga has joined the firm as a partner in the Baton Rouge, LA, office. Holinga has extensive experience representing companies in a wide range of litigation matters, including product liability, toxic tort, premises liability, and general commercial litigation.

“We are thrilled that Lexi has joined our team as we continue to expand our capabilities in the Gulf Coast,” said Lauren Campisi, partner in charge of the New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Houston offices. “Since we opened Hinshaw’s doors in the Gulf Coast in July 2020, we have continuously had a significant litigation docket at the firm, and our clients’ needs continue to expand. Lexi’s litigation practice complements our existing practice groups, strengthens our capabilities, and directly addresses prevalent needs in our region, including toxic tort claims, environmental exposure lawsuits, and multi-district litigation.”

Holinga represents a diverse array of business interests, including oil and gas, pharmaceutical, higher education, insurance, construction, and industrial enterprises. She monitors legislative priorities and regulatory policies that promote increased economic employment and business growth. She is an active member of relevant trade associations, including the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association.

“I’m thrilled to partner with Hinshaw’s expansion in Louisiana,” Holinga said. “The firm provides excellent growth opportunities, fantastic resources, and an outstanding reputation as a top class action defense firm to serve current legal needs of clients more holistically.”

“With her deep Louisiana roots and her extensive trial experience, Lexi will help boost our growing capabilities in the Gulf Coast region,” said Peter Sullivan, chairman of Hinshaw. “We are delighted to welcome her to the firm.”

Holinga is a member of several professional organizations, including the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, Baton Rouge Bar Association, Louisiana State Bar Association, and the Defense Research Institute. She received her B.A. in marketing from Louisiana State University and her J.D. from Louisiana State University Law School.

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Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is a U.S.-based law firm with offices nationwide and in London. The firm’s national reputation spans the insurance industry, the financial services sector, and other highly regulated industries. Hinshaw also serves as counsel to the professional services sector and provides business advisory and transactional services to clients of all sizes.