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Chris Marquardt and Brooks Suttle are noted for representing Seacoast Banking Corp. in a trade secrets lawsuit before the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Alston & Bird client Audiology Distribution LLC dba HearUSA, a leading hearing services provider in the U.S., and its subsidiaries – MedPlus Health Solutions Inc. and Harmony Hearing Services Inc., which both serve the workers’ compensation industry – have secured a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit charging former officers of MedPlus and Harmony Hearing and other corporate defendants with misappropriating trade secrets and other claims.

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.”

Alston & Bird client Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. won a significant patent ruling against Shire Development LLC when a Florida federal judge vacated her earlier decision on reconsideration and found that Mylan’s proposed generic version of Shire’s gastrointestinal drug Lialda does not infringe U.S. Patent Number 6,773,720.

Alston & Bird client Darden Restaurants Inc. won a significant victory when a U.S. judge granted summary judgment on all claims in a trademark infringement and dilution lawsuit alleging the misappropriation of another company’s slogan in a national advertising campaign.