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.
Publications
Karen Dunn Discusses Paul, Weiss’s Litigation Department Priorities With LEADERS Magazine
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LEADERS Magazine interviewed litigation partner Karen Dunn about what distinguishes the firm’s Litigation Department in the market; her current priorities as the department’s co-chair; her path to Paul, Weiss; and the importance of pro bono, among other topics.
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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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NFL Wins Appeal Compelling Former Coach Gruden to Arbitration in Email Scandal Dispute
Paul, Weiss achieved a major victory when the Nevada Supreme Court ruled that former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden was required to arbitrate his claims against the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell, reversing the lower court’s decision denying the NFL’s motion to compel arbitration.
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Nikola Defeats Lawsuits by Former CEO
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Paul, Weiss secured a significant victory for Nikola Corp. and certain current and former officers and directors in litigation brought by Nikola’s founder and former CEO and Executive Chairman Trevor Milton.
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Secretary Johnson to Receive ABA Presidential Citation
Litigation partner Jeh Johnson will receive the American Bar Association’s Presidential Citation at the ABA’s annual meeting in Chicago.
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Karen Dunn, Jeannie Rhee and Amy Mauser Recognized by The American Lawyer for Pretrial Win in Google Ad Tech Case
Litigation partners Karen Dunn and Jeannie Rhee and counsel Amy Mauser were recognized in The American Lawyer’s “Litigation Daily” column for their major pretrial victory for Google in the government’s landmark civil antitrust case over the company’s alleged monopolization of advertising technology.
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Paul, Weiss Receives Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2024
Paul, Weiss is recognized as a leading firm in 46 practice areas and received 128 individual lawyer rankings in the 2024 edition of Chambers USA, including 32 top-tier partner rankings across the firm’s corporate, litigation and restructuring practices.
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Paul, Weiss Named Best Law Firm for Litigation by Lexology
Lexology recognized Paul, Weiss as the winner of the “Law Firm – Litigation” category at its 2024 North America Awards.
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Karen Dunn Named One of Washington’s Most Influential People by Washingtonian Magazine
Washingtonian Magazine named litigation partner Karen Dunn to its list of “Washington DC’s 500 Most Influential People of 2024,” which recognizes the experts and advocates outside of government who shape Washington’s policy debates.
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Paul, Weiss Named a General and Finance “Litigation Department of the Year” Finalist in New York Law Journal’s 2024 Awards
The New York Law Journal named Paul, Weiss a finalist in the “General Litigation Department of the Year” and “Finance Litigation Department of the Year” categories in its 2024 awards.
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Erin Morgan Named a “Rising Star” in New York Law Journal’s 2024 Awards
The New York Law Journal named litigation partner Erin Morgan a “Rising Star” winner in its 2024 awards.
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Meredith Dearborn Named a 2024 “Top Woman Lawyer” in California by the Daily Journal
The Daily Journal recognized litigation partner Meredith Dearborn as one of its 2024 “Top Women Lawyers.”
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Brad Karp, Kannon Shanmugam and Lynn Bayard Recognized by The American Lawyer for NFL Win
Firm Chairman Brad Karp and litigation partners Kannon Shanmugam and Lynn Bayard were recognized in The American Lawyer’s May 17 “Litigation Daily” column for their Nevada Supreme Court win for the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell compelling former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden to arbitrate his claims in a dispute over a 2021 email scandal.
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Kannon Shanmugam Ranked in Super Lawyers’ Annual Top-10 List of Lawyers in Washington, D.C.
Super Lawyers ranked litigation partner Kannon Shanmugam in its 2024 Washington, D.C., “Top 10” list, which recognizes the top lawyers in the D.C. area.
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Audra Soloway and Josh Hill Recognized by The American Lawyer for Defeating Certification of Securities Class Action
Litigation partners Audra Soloway and Josh Hill were recognized in The American Lawyer’s April 11 “Litigation Daily” column for their resounding victory on behalf of Canadian mining company Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. and its former CEO.
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Six Paul, Weiss Partners Named to Forbes Top 200 Lawyers List
Forbes named six Paul, Weiss partners to its inaugural “America’s Top 200 Lawyers” list: Scott Barshay, Kimberly Branscome, Robert Kindler, Loretta Lynch, Audra Soloway and Eric Wedel.
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Brad Karp Receives Benchmark Litigation Hall of Fame Award
Benchmark Litigation named Firm Chairman Brad Karp to its “Hall of Fame,” as part of the publication’s 2024 U.S. Awards, which annually honor the country’s most distinguished litigators and their firms for their exemplary work over the last year.
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Paul, Weiss Wins Five 2024 Benchmark Litigation U.S. Awards
Benchmark Litigation awarded Paul, Weiss top honors across several categories in its 2024 U.S. Awards.
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Jeannie Rhee Charts Career and Discusses New Role With Law360
In a wide-ranging interview with Law360 Pulse, litigation partner Jeannie Rhee discusses her career and her recent role managing the Washington office.
Client News
Northwestern University Publishes Paul, Weiss Report Following Independent Review
As reported by the Chicago Tribune, Bloomberg Law, CBS News and others, Paul, Weiss completed its independent review of the processes and accountability mechanisms in place at Northwestern University to detect, report and respond to potential misconduct in its athletic programs, including hazing, bullying and discrimination.
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Michael Holston, Former GC of General Electric, Joins Paul, Weiss as Partner
Michael Holston, who previously served as the senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of General Electric and led the company through the recent successful completion of its three-way split, will join Paul, Weiss as a partner.
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Oracle Wins Permanent Injunction Against Rimini Street
Paul, Weiss won a major bench trial victory in the District of Nevada on behalf of Oracle in a high-stakes, long-running copyright infringement dispute with Rimini Street Inc.
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Kraft Heinz Wins Dismissal of Consolidated Demand-Refused Stockholder Derivative Action
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Paul, Weiss won the dismissal, with prejudice, of a high-stakes stockholder derivative lawsuit on behalf of The Kraft Heinz Company and certain current or former Kraft Heinz officers and directors over Kraft Heinz’s performance and cost-cutting efforts.
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Atos Defeats $201 Million Damages Award on Remand in Trade Secrets Dispute
Paul, Weiss achieved a major victory when the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated a $201 million damages award against Atos SE in a long-running trade secrets litigation with Cognizant Technology and its subsidiary, health care IT service provider TriZetto Group, Inc.
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Jessica Carey and Jaren Janghorbani Discuss Paul, Weiss’s Litigation Practice in Vault Q&A
Litigation partners Jessica Carey and Jaren Janghorbani were featured in a Q&A on Paul, Weiss’s commercial litigation practice in the 2024 edition of “Practice Perspectives: Vault’s Guide to Legal Practice Areas.”
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International Construction Products Wins $100 Million Jury Verdict in Dispute Against Caterpillar
Paul, Weiss won a major victory on behalf of International Construction Products, a now-defunct heavy construction equipment importer, in its long-running lawsuit against industry giant Caterpillar in the District of Delaware.
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Amazon Wins Dismissal of Securities Class Action
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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 our motion to dismiss a putative securities class action.
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JPMorgan Chase Directors Win Dismissal of Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims Over Alleged Zelle Payments Fraud
Paul, Weiss won the dismissal of a derivative claim alleging that our clients breached their fiduciary duties by ignoring alleged “red flags” regarding purported violations on the Zelle payments platform of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA) and related regulations.
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Goldman Sachs Securities Class Action Plaintiffs Drop Long-Running Case Following Class Decertification
Paul, Weiss secured a final win for Goldman Sachs in a long-running, $13 billion securities class action when the plaintiffs declined a last chance to appeal Goldman’s resounding appellate win decertifying the class and voluntarily dismissed their case, bringing a decade of hard-fought litigation to a close.
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