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% ...
Beth Boggs, Victor Avellino and Edward Reilly successfully defended their client, Young Appliance in a lawsuit filed over a motor vehicle accident. The plaintiff was a passenger in a single vehicle crash. Plaintiff alleged that the driver was engaged in the business of the defendant at the time of the collision and that Young Appliance ...
The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act’) was signed into law by President Obama on April 5, 2012. The JOBS Act has key, substantial provisions that govern exempt and registered offerings, initial public offerings (“IPOs”) and issuer reporting requirements. The main purpose of the legislation is to enhance the capital raising of small ...
Detroit – October 23, 2015 – One of the country’s oldest minority-based firms, Lewis & Munday, P.C. has named Reginald G. Dozier its new President & CEO. The firm also named two new partners: Ronda Tate Truvillion and Ngozi E. Nwaesei. Ms. Truvillion and Ms. Nwaesei are members of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group and ...
Lim Ruger provided pro-bono representation to the National Association of Immigration Judges as amicus curiae in recently resolved federal court litigation involving the blanket recusal of a U.S. Immigration Judge based solely on her ethnicity. In 2014 the U.S. DOJ, which employs immigration judges, issued a blanket recusal order preventing Immigration Judge Afsaneh Tabaddor from ...
For the past three years, Bank of America’s Legal Department has met our spend initiative goals with minority and women-owned firms. In order to achieve these goals, the DIBC has been looking for opportunities to work more closely with the national organization NAMWOLF (National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms) and retain more ...
MIAMI, FL November 2, 2015 – Roig Lawyers, a minority-owned, multi-practice litigation law firm dedicated to serving clients across six offices throughout Florida, is pleased to announce that Nelson C. Bellido, Esquire, managing partner of the Miami office, is featured in Miami Today’s 2015 Book of Leaders. Nelson along with other featured achievers will be ...
Lafayette & Kumagai, LLP was named to Corporate Counsel magazine’s “Who Represents America’s Biggest Companies 2015” list. The firm received two mentions from Fortune 500 companies. Lafayette & Kumagai was listed for handling labor/employment litigation on behalf of The Home Depot, Inc. and torts litigation on behalf of Computer Sciences Corporation.
The California Minority Counsel Program (“CMCP”) recognized Susan Kumagai for her contributions to diversity in the legal profession and long-term involvement in the organization. Ms. Kumagai has actively participated in CMCP for a number of years. She served on CMCP’s Steering Committee and its Executive Committee, was the Chair of the 2002 CMCP Annual Business ...