Judge Rejects FTC’s Bid to Block Tempur Sealy’s $4B Purchase of Mattress Firm
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
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 […]
New DOAR Study Reveals Generational Divide in Attitudes Toward Trade Secret Protection
Report Shows Younger Professionals More Accepting of Trade Secret Sharing, While Occupation and Gender Significantly Impact Views on Intellectual Property Rights December 05, 2024, New York, NY — DOAR, the nation’s leading trial consulting company, today released findings from a comprehensive study examining attitudes toward trade secret protection and intellectual property rights across major IP […]