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10.29.12

Manatt’s Jacobs, Lee and Wollman Named Top IP Lawyers by Los Angeles Business Journal

The Los Angeles Business Journal named Manatt partners Robert Jacobs, Mark S. Lee and Shari Mulrooney Wollman to this year's "Who's Who in LA Law: Angelenos to Know in Intellectual Property Law." The list includes 40 of the region's "stellar" IP ...


10.11.12

Leniency Request Approved in Price-Fixing Case

Law360 covered federal prosecutors’ decision to forgo challenging a request by Manatt’s client Eagle Eyes Traffic Industrial Co. Ltd., a Taiwanese auto lights manufacturer, to pay a significantly reduced fine after it offered substantial assistance to authorities that helped unravel a ...


09.21.12

Barring Use of Plea Docs in Auto Lights Antitrust Trial

Law360 covered the latest update in a forthcoming trial against Manatt clients Eagle Eyes Traffic Industrial Co. Ltd. and E-Lite Automotive Inc., reporting that the defense has requested a federal judge exclude plea negotiation documents over accusations that the companies conspired to fix ...


06.07.12

Manatt Earns Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2012 Guide

Chambers USA announced today that it has named 19 Manatt lawyers and 10 of the firm’s practices in its 2012 list of the country’s best lawyers and law firms.Each year, Chambers USA identifies and ranks leading lawyers for business in the United States based on in-depth, objective ...


05.30.12

Manatt Partner Speaks to Law360 on Jury Deliberations in High Profile Case

Manatt’s Kenneth B. Julian, a partner in the firm’s Litigation Division, spoke to Law360 about the drawn-out jury deliberations in the criminal trial of former Presidential candidate John Edwards, who is accused of using nearly $1 million in illegal campaign donations to cover up an ...


05.16.12

Manatt Partner Speaks to Law360 on Former Candidate’s Possible Acquittal

Manatt’s Kenneth B. Julian, a partner in the firm’s Litigation Division, spoke to Law360 about the defense team representing John Edwards, two-time U.S. presidential candidate and former North Carolina senator, in a case alleging that Edwards violated campaign finance law by using money ...


05.08.12

Law360 Quotes Manatt Partner on Copyright Termination

Law360 quoted Manatt’s Eric Custer, a partner in the firm’s Entertainment Practice, on the wave of lawsuits that are likely to arise from a 1976 change in the U.S. Copyright Act, which gives artists the ability to reclaim the rights to their works starting in 2013.As reported by Law360, ...


10.10.11

NLJ Features Julian’s Successful Defense of Transplant Doc

The National Law Journal interviewed Manatt litigation partner Kenneth Julian for his successful representation of Dr. Richard Lopez, Jr., who was recently acquitted of charges he engaged in a cover-up following the misallocation of an organ while he served as head of a hospital’s liver ...


10.01.11

Julian Secures Acquittal of Liver Transplant Doc

The Los Angeles Times covered the acquittal of Manatt client Dr. Richard R. Lopez Jr., who once ran the liver transplant program at St. Vincent Medical Center, of charges that he led a conspiracy to cover up the misallocation of an organ in 2003. At issue was what role Lopez may have played in an ...


09.27.11

Turovsky Recognized as One of CA's Top 100

Manatt’s Ronald B. Turovsky, chair of the firm's Government Litigation and Administrative Law practice, has been named by the Daily Journal as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in California for 2011. Published in the San Francisco and Los Angeles editions, the prestigious list recognizes 100 ...