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As reported widely by national and global media, the U.S. Soccer Federation hired Alston & Bird in December 2022 to investigate allegations against the U.S. Men’s National Team head coach, as well as allegations of potential inappropriate behavior toward U.S. Soccer officials and staff by others. The findings of that investigation are detailed in Alston & Bird’s Report to the U.S. Soccer Federation, which U.S. Soccer made available to the public on March 13, 2023.

Alston & Bird served as trial counsel for Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a breach of contract case pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.

Alston & Bird’s retired Managing Partner, Ben Johnson, will be honored with the Emory Medal at Emory University’s Alumni Awards Ceremony on Thursday, March 16, 2023.

Alston & Bird’s Mary Benton, the firm’s Pro Bono Partner, has been honored with a 2023 Justice Robert Benham Award for Community Service for Judicial District 5. For the past 23 years, the Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism has presented these awards to recognize lawyers and judges throughout Georgia who have made significant contributions to their communities.

Alston & Bird represented Pathstone, a New Jersey-based wealth management advisor, in its new strategic private equity investment from Kelso & Company and its additional private equity investment from Lovell Minnick Partners (LMP).

Alston & Bird attorneys in the firm’s Intellectual Property Post Grant Proceedings Team have published a third edition of their book on navigating post-grant proceedings of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).