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Alex Rodriguez and Marc Lore Win Arbitration for Ownership of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx

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Congratulations to the Wachtell Lipton trial team on securing a victory on behalf of their clients, Alex Rodriguez and Marc Lore, in their long-running battle for majority control over the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves and WNBA’s Lynx franchises. Glen Taylor, the current franchises’ owner, agreed to sell the teams to Rodriguez and Lore for $1.5 billion […]

Judge Rejects FTC’s Bid to Block Tempur Sealy’s $4B Purchase of Mattress Firm

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Congratulations to the trial teams at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Simpson Thacher, and Beck Redden on securing a favorable decision for their clients Tempur Sealy and Mattress Firm Group Inc. The antitrust matter concerned the FTC’s motion for a preliminary injunction to block the closing of Tempur Sealy’s planned purchase of Mattress Firm, alleging […]

$7.4 Millon Awarded to a Professor in a Fair Housing Act Lawsuit

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Congratulations to the Sanford Heisler trial team on securing a victory on behalf of their client, Dr. Emma Adams, a biological sciences professor in Southern California. The case alleged that the AQUA 388 Community Association and its management company denied Dr. Adams an accessible parking space despite her disability and need to accommodate her wheelchair-accessible […]

The First Amendment on Trial: Factors that Influence Juror Receptivity

When the First Amendment was ratified in the U.S. Constitution over 200 years ago, it aimed to prevent government overreach by safeguarding free speech and other individual liberties. Since then, it has been warped into the right to say whatever you want without consequences. This has coincided with a shift from using the First Amendment […]

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