Kudos to Susan Kumagai on her appellate victory, in which the court clarified what is required to show pretext and temporal proximity in cases where an employee is terminated for poor performance. The court’s discussion on the use of “me too” declarations is also most helpful for employers regarding pretext. The decision from the California ...
On December 18, 2015 Anthony Schumann and Kenneth Battle, partners with the Quintairos, Prieto, Wood and Boyer law firm, secured a defense jury verdict on behalf of three police officers employed by the City of Chicago who had been sued in regard to plaintiffs’ constitutional claims alleging unreasonable seizure and excessive force. The case was ...
Miami, FL – January 4, 2016 – Espinosa | Trueba, P.L., an award-winning intellectual property boutique, specializing in patent, trademark, copyright and other intellectual property litigation and prosecution, has expanded its practice by adding the legal team at Martinez, White & Viniegra. This expansion has added 6 attorneys for a total of 9, plus a ...
Bryant Rabbino LLP is pleased to announce that Stacey Rowland has joined us as a Partner to lead our new Government Relations practice group. Ms. Rowland will also lead the firm’s new Albany office. “We are extremely excited to have Stacey join Bryant Rabbino,” said Seth Bryant, Managing Partner. “Stacey has a wealth of government ...
CORAL GABLES, Florida – December 11, 2015 – Emilia A. Quesada, a partner with SMGQ Law, has been certified as a FINRA Arbitrator. FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, serves as an independent, not-for-profit organization authorized by Congress to protect America’s investors by ensuring that the securities industry operates fairly and honestly. FINRA is dedicated ...
ATLANTA, Ga. — December 8, 2015 — KPPB LAW, the Atlanta-based law firm that helps business owners navigate transactional and litigation challenges throughout the lifecycle of business operations has recently welcomed Fairfax, Va.-based Pride Immigration Law PLLC (www.prideimmigration.com) into the KPPB LAW family. Pride Immigration’s attorneys and staff join KPPB LAW to help more businesses ...
CHICAGO – Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. (QPWB) is proud to announce that it has established a Diversity Committee, which will be managed out of the firm’s Chicago Office. The purpose of the Diversity Committee is simple, to ensure that QPWB continues to embrace and build on the foundation of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and ...
The legal profession has been under tremendous pressure to emulate a workforce that is representative of today’s world. It was Albert Einstein who taught us, “You cannot solve a problem from the same consciousness that created it. You must learn to see the world anew.” Over the years, it seemed that the American legal profession ...
The Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas’ recent opinion in Johnson & Johnson v. Batiste1 is just another example of the import Texas higher courts place on a plaintiff’s obligation to rule out alternative causes of personal injuries allegedly caused by a product. Certainly in the context of implantable medical devices, Batiste ...
Partner Stephanie Scharf will moderate a special program sponsored by DirectWomen on November 17, 2015, in Chicago. DirectWomen is a national organization whose mission is to increase the number of qualified women attorneys on the boards of public companies. Ms. Scharf is a member of the Board of DirectWomen, which since its formation, has seen 22% ...