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Awards & Recognition
Paul, Weiss Recognized as 2022 “Appellate Group of the Year” By Law360
Paul, Weiss was named a Law360 “Appellate Group of the Year” for its many appellate court achievements in 2022.
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Atos Syntel Defeats $285 Million Damages Award on Appeal in Trade Secrets Dispute
Paul, Weiss achieved a major victory when the Second Circuit vacated a $285 million compensatory damages award against our client Atos Syntel in long-running trade secrets litigation with Cognizant Technology and its subsidiary, healthcare IT service provider TriZetto Group, Inc.
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Kannon Shanmugam Is an American Lawyer “Litigator of the Year” Finalist
Litigation partner Kannon Shanmugam is a finalist for “Litigator of the Year” in The American Lawyer’s 2022 Industry Awards.
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CNA Wins Eighth Circuit Appeal Over COVID-19 Business-Interruption Insurance Provisions
Paul, Weiss won a significant appellate victory on behalf of a CNA Financial Corporation subsidiary in a case concerning COVID-19 business-interruption insurance coverage.
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Supreme Court Holds That Andy Warhol Foundation’s Licensing of Prince Portrait Is Not Fair Use
- Jonathan H. Ashtor
- Lynn B. Bayard
- Joseph J. Bial
- Walter Brown
- Jay Cohen
- Meredith R. Dearborn
- Andrew G. Gordon
- Brad S. Karp
- Gregory F. Laufer
- Claudine Meredith-Goujon
- Erin J. Morgan
- Catherine Nyarady
- Jessica E. Phillips
- Kannon K. Shanmugam
- Daniel J. Toal
- Darren W. Johnson
- Kaholi Kiyonami
- Brian M. Lipshutz
- Simona Xu
- Supreme Court & Appellate Litigation
- Entertainment
- IP & Technology Transactions
- Copyright & Trademark Litigation
- Media, Sports & Entertainment
The Supreme Court recently concluded in Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith that the licensing of an Andy Warhol silkscreen portrait was not “fair use” of the photograph and therefore infringed the photographer’s copyright.
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Goldman Sachs Wins Supreme Court Appeal in Securities Class Action
Paul, Weiss won an 8-1 victory at the U.S. Supreme Court representing the Goldman Sachs Group and former executives in a case that may have significant implications for plaintiffs’ ability to achieve class certification in putative securities class actions.
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Supreme Court Holds That Internet Companies Did Not “Aid and Abet” ISIS Terrorist Attacks, but Dodges Question Concerning Scope of Section 230 Immunity
In a pair of cases concerning the potential liability of internet companies for terrorist acts committed by users of those companies’ platforms, the Supreme Court ruled in the internet companies' favor.
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Awards & Recognition
Paul, Weiss Named to the National Law Journal’s 2022 “Appellate Hot List”
Paul, Weiss was named to the National Law Journal’s “Appellate Hot List” for the fourth consecutive year.
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Second Circuit Upholds $5.6 Billion Settlement Between Mastercard, Visa, Payment-Card-Issuing Banks and U.S. Merchant Class
Paul, Weiss won a major victory for Mastercard in an 18-year-long class action over the fees charged to retailers.
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Supreme Court Holds That California Pork Regulations Do Not Violate the Dormant Commerce Clause
The Supreme Court recently held in National Pork Producers Council v. Ross that California’s Proposition 12 does not impermissibly burden interstate commerce and therefore does not violate the dormant Commerce Clause.
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Awards & Recognition
Kannon Shanmugam Named a 2022 Law360 MVP in Appellate
Litigation partner Kannon Shanmugam was recognized as a Law360 2022 MVP in the Appellate category.
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FIFA Wins Affirmance of Lawsuit by Football Coach Disciplined for Bribery
Paul, Weiss achieved a significant victory for Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) when the Second Circuit unanimously affirmed the district court’s dismissal of a suit brought by a Nigerian soccer coach who had been disciplined for violating FIFA’s code of ethics.
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Supreme Court Holds That District Courts May Hear Challenges to Constitutionality of SEC and FTC Administrative Proceedings
- Joseph J. Bial
- Susanna M. Buergel
- Geoffrey R. Chepiga
- Meredith R. Dearborn
- Andrew J. Ehrlich
- Harris Fischman
- Roberto J. Gonzalez
- Brad S. Karp
- Daniel J. Kramer
- Gregory F. Laufer
- Jane B. O'Brien
- Lorin L. Reisner
- Kannon K. Shanmugam
- Audra J. Soloway
- Richard C. Tarlowe
- Daniel S. Sinnreich
- Jeremy M. Allen-Arney
- Brian M. Lipshutz
- Danielle J. Marryshow
- Supreme Court & Appellate Litigation
- Antitrust
- Economic Sanctions & AML
- Financial Institutions
- Internal Investigations
- Litigation
- Securities Litigation
- White Collar & Regulatory Defense
The Supreme Court held in Axon Enterprise Inc. v. FTC and its companion case SEC v. Cochran that district courts retain federal-question jurisdiction over challenges to the constitutionality of SEC and FTC administrative proceedings.
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Publications
Kannon Shanmugam Discusses Three Recent Second Circuit Arguments in The American Lawyer’s “Litigation Daily” Column
In the latest issue of The American Lawyer’s “Litigation Daily” column, litigation partner Kannon Shanmugam discusses how he prepared to argue three different appeals within the span of a week.
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Supreme Court Holds That Section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code Is Not Jurisdictional
In its recent decision in MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v. Transform Holdco LLC, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that Section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code is not jurisdictional and, thus, is waivable and forfeitable.
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