The Paul, Weiss Litigation Department is led by a team of the country’s most accomplished trial lawyers. Our litigators handle the most complex and demanding lawsuits, class actions, government investigations, criminal prosecutions and restructurings. Our clients include Fortune 50 corporations and other prominent companies in the financial services, investment, medical device, pharmaceutical, sports, technology, energy, media and insurance industries. Every day, we are called on by chief executives, board chairs, general counsel, investors and entrepreneurs for our unmatched trial skills, sophisticated business judgment and renowned strategic advice.
Client News
Qualcomm Wins Jury Verdict Defeating Arm Chip Licensing Claims
Paul, Weiss won a decisive jury verdict for software and semiconductor giant Qualcomm Incorporated in a closely watched breach of contract suit brought by Arm Ltd., a UK-based semiconductor and software design company owned by SoftBank, over a technology license agreement with Qualcomm subsidiary NUVIA.
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Paul, Weiss Launches Litigation Practice in London With Arrival of Leading Disputes Lawyer
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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Richard Hornshaw will join the firm to lead the European disputes practice in London.
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Intuitive Surgical Wins High-Stakes Antitrust Trial Regarding da Vinci Surgical System
Paul, Weiss achieved a significant victory at trial for surgical robot maker Intuitive Surgical, Inc., in a high-stakes antitrust suit brought by Surgical Instrument Service Company, Inc., (SIS) in the Northern District of California.
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Damian Williams Former SDNY US Attorney Joins Paul, Weiss
Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2021 to 2024, will join the firm as a partner in the Litigation Department. Damian will draw on his extensive government and leadership experience to represent clients in high-stakes federal and state government investigations, white-collar matters and sensitive internal investigations.
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Paul, Weiss Shortlisted Across Nine Categories in IFLR’s Americas Women in Business Law Awards
International Financial Law Review (IFLR) named Paul, Weiss and its partners finalists across nine categories in its “Women in Business Law Americas Awards 2025,” which annually recognize the “best of the best” among women lawyers, as well as the law firms that are advancing and supporting women in the practice of law.
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Karen Dunn Inducted Into American College of Trial Lawyers
Litigation partner Karen Dunn has been elected a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
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Paul, Weiss Wins Two Global Competition Review Awards
Global Competition Review named Paul, Weiss the winner of two categories in its annual GCR Awards, which recognize the cases, law firms, lawyers and enforcers who excelled in the competition and antitrust space over the past year.
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Jaren Janghorbani Named Among Crain’s Notable Litigators and Trial Attorneys
Crain’s New York Business named litigation partner Jaren Janghorbani to its “Notable Litigators & Trial Attorneys 2025” list, which recognizes the lawyers shaping precedent and advocating for their clients across industries and issues.
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Paul, Weiss Named White Collar Crime/Investigations Firm of the Year by Benchmark Litigation
Benchmark Litigation named Paul, Weiss “White Collar Crime/Investigations Firm of the Year” in its 2025 U.S. Awards, which annually recognize the country’s most distinguished firms and litigators for their exemplary work over the past year.
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Karen Dunn and Jessica Phillips Named Among Daily Journal’s Leading Commercial Litigators
The Daily Journal named litigation partners Karen Dunn and Jessica Phillips to its 2025 “Leading Commercial Litigators” list, which annually spotlights the top performing bet-the-company litigators across the country.
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Damian Williams Named to City & State New York’s Law 100 Power List
City & State New York recognized litigation partner Damian Williams on its “2025 Law Power 100” list.
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Paul, Weiss Profiled by The American Lawyer as 2024 Law Firm of the Year
The American Lawyer profiled Paul, Weiss celebrating the firm’s “Law Firm of the Year” recognition, as part of the publication’s 2024 Industry Awards.
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Four Paul, Weiss Practices Named Law360 “Practice Groups of the Year”
Paul, Weiss won four “2024 Practice Group of the Year” recognitions for its achievements in the Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions, Sports & Betting, and Technology categories.
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Thirty-Four Paul, Weiss Partners Named Among Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers
Lawdragon recognized thirty-four Paul, Weiss partners on its “2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America” list, which annually recognizes the top lawyers across the country.
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Karen Dunn, Bill Isaacson, Catherine Nyarady and Erin Morgan Recognized by The American Lawyer for Qualcomm Trial Win
Litigation partners Karen Dunn, Bill Isaacson, Catherine Nyarady and Erin Morgan were recognized in The American Lawyer’s “Litigation Daily” column for winning a decisive jury verdict for Qualcomm Incorporated.
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Staci Yablon Named a 2024 Law360 Banking MVP
Law360 honored litigation partner Staci Yablon as a 2024 MVP in the Banking category.
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Brad Karp Named a 2024 Law360 Sports & Betting MVP
Law360 honored firm Chairman Brad Karp as a 2024 MVP in the Sports & Betting category.
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Karen Dunn, Katherine Forrest and Ted Wells Named to Benchmark Litigation’s Top 100 Trial Lawyers
Litigation partners Karen Dunn, Katherine Forrest and Ted Wells are featured on Benchmark Litigation’s 2025 “Top 100 Trial Lawyers” list, which recognizes the nation’s leading trial lawyers.
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Paul, Weiss Named New York Law Journal’s 2024 Law Firm of the Year
The New York Law Journal recognized Paul, Weiss as “Law Firm of the Year” in its 2024 New York Legal Awards, which annually spotlight the attorneys, judges and law firms making a remarkable difference in the legal profession in New York.
Publications
Brad Karp and Erin Morgan Featured in Vault Q&A on Paul, Weiss’s General Commercial Litigation Practice
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Firm Chairman Brad Karp and litigation partner Erin Morgan were featured in a Q&A on Paul, Weiss’s General Commercial Litigation practice in the 2025 edition of “Practice Perspectives: Vault’s Guide to Legal Practice Areas.”
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Amazon Wins Dismissal With Prejudice of Securities Class Action
Paul, Weiss achieved a significant victory for Amazon.com, Inc. and several current and former executives, including Executive Chairman Jeff Bezos and CEO Andrew Jassy, when the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington granted Amazon’s second motion to dismiss, with prejudice, a putative securities class action over its relationship with third-party sellers and the pace of growth in Amazon’s fulfillment distribution network.
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Liz Weiswasser Discusses Her Team’s Lateral Move to Paul, Weiss in The American Lawyer
Litigation Co-Chair Liz Weiswasser spoke with The American Lawyer about her lateral move to Paul, Weiss with litigation partner Anish Desai and their work to bring over 18 other colleagues in the weeks that followed.
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Avis Budget Group Secures Complete Dismissal of Consumer Class Action in Precedent-Setting Decision
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Paul, Weiss secured a categorical win for Avis Budget Group when the D.C. Superior Court dismissed with prejudice the entirety of a consumer class action over “drip pricing,” or the practice of hiding taxes and fees until the “last minute,” or by only disclosing the total price on “the final checkout page.”
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Citigroup Wins Major Appeal Cutting Off Efforts to Enforce Vacated Arbitration Award in France
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Paul, Weiss and French co-counsel at A&O Shearman won a significant victory for Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (CGMI), when the Versailles Court of Appeal reversed an order that had allowed a former Citi client to attempt to enforce in France an arbitration award issued and vacated in the United States.
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Karen Dunn Profiled in Yale Law School’s YLS Today
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Yale Law School's YLS Today spoke with Litigation Department Co-Chair Karen Dunn about her work as a high-profile trial lawyer—representing some of the world’s best-known companies including Amazon, Apple and Google—alongside her significant pro bono contributions.
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Fifth Circuit Reverses OFAC Sanctions on Tornado Cash
Paul, Weiss secured a significant appellate victory for our clients in a high-profile case against the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), challenging OFAC’s addition of Tornado Cash, an open-source software project enhancing privacy on the blockchain, to the Specially Designated National and Blocked Persons list.
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Deutsche Bank Wins Ninth Circuit Affirmance of Dismissal in ICE LIBOR Antitrust Lawsuit
Paul, Weiss secured a significant appellate victory for Deutsche Bank, when the Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court’s 2023 dismissal of a lawsuit alleging that several major banks conspired to fix the London Interbank Interest Rate (LIBOR) and that the setting of USD ICE LIBOR is per se unlawful under the antitrust laws.
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Carnival Corporation Wins Reversal of First-of-Its-Kind Judgment Over Use of Havana Docks
Paul, Weiss won a significant appellate victory for Carnival Corporation when the Eleventh Circuit reversed a $440 million, first-of-its-kind judgment under the Helms-Burton Act for the allegedly improper use of docks in Havana that were seized by Fidel Castro’s government after the Cuban Revolution.
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Coinbase Secures Complete Dismissal of Putative Class Action Concerning its Listing of the Digital Asset UST
Paul, Weiss achieved a significant victory for publicly traded cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase when the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted in full Coinbase’s motion to dismiss a putative class action concerning Coinbase’s listing of the algorithmic stablecoin UST.
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