Law360 | Verizon Escapes Ga. Atty’s $28M COVID-19 Spread Suit

Keith Broyles, David Frist, Joshua Weeks, and Lindsay Church are noted for representing Diebold Nixdorf Inc. in a victory over Nautilus Hyosung in a patent dispute before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Adam Kaiser, Tiffany Powers, and Kristin Shepard are noted for successfully representing Erie Insurance in a COVID-19-related multidistrict litigation lawsuit before the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

In the 2016 Spokeo Inc. v. Robins decision, the U.S. Supreme Court observed that for a plaintiff to unlock the doors to federal court, they must demonstrate that they suffered an injury-in-fact that is “concrete and particularized and actual or imminent” to satisfy Article III standing. This article discusses injunctive relief claims in false labeling cases in the Ninth Circuit.

While there have been relatively few COVID-19-related securities class actions to date, there may be an uptick in the coming year as stock-price drops take time to manifest into litigation. This article outlines what to expect for securities litigation and enforcement in 2021.

Six Alston & Bird attorneys – James Alexander, Christina Anderson, Marva Graham, Marcus Sandifer, Elliot Watts, and Jamila Williams – have been named by The National Black Lawyers to its 2019 class of the “Top 40 Under 40.”