Trends
features updates on key litigation issues and highlights
Alston & Bird’s broad and diverse litigation practices. In this
edition, we are pleased to share with you examples of our
recent courtroom victories. In addition, Josh Becker and Jenny
Mendelsohn of the firm’s Products Liability Group, and Brendan
Carroll of the
discuss the increasing
number of enforcement actions and lawsuits targeting the food
and beverage industry with respect to the marketing of products
as “natural” or “all natural.” Andy Howard and Jessica Sharron in
the
&
roup address the
increasing restrictions on contracting parties’ ability to indemnify
each other or buy insurance for certain losses and liabilities.
Mark McCarty and Matthew Richardson of the
joined by Dwayne Norton of the
analyze the recent jury verdict in
Microsoft Corp. v. Motorola,
Inc.
, and its implications for establishing RAND royalty rates. We
close this issue of
Trends
with an article by David Wender and John
Spears in the firm’s
reviewing
In re Meridian Sunrise Village
, where a bankruptcy court
held that each lender in a syndicated loan has a right to vote its
share of the loan in the context of plan confirmation, even where
the parties agree to vest that right exclusively in an agent of the
syndicate.
We hope you enjoy the Summer 2014
Trends
.
Co-Chair
Litigation Groups
Co-Chair
Litigation Groups
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