During his time as a Superior Court judge, Davis—a former Skadden partner—has overseen a range of cases, including a series of high profile defamation cases involving Fox News and Newsmax coverage following the 2020 presidential election, one of which is scheduled to go to trial next month.
A new study from the on-demand legal services provider Axiom said the challenges give GCs leverage “to put the pedal to the metal on transformation initiatives that may have been on a slower path prior to the current administration.”
Massachusetts-based defense contractor MORSECORP agreed to pay $4.6 million to resolve allegations that it failed to comply with cybersecurity requirements for its contracts with the Departments of the Army and Air Force in violation of the False Claims Act Wednesday.
“We write to reaffirm basic principles: The government should not punish lawyers and law firms for the clients they represent, absent specific findings that such representation was illegal or unethical,” said Georgetown Law Dean William Treanor.
“In this case, Roeslein has not submitted evidence proving that Wendt contracted a specific or specialized portion of its contract to Trillium, and there remains a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether Trillium was a subcontractor of Wendt,” the court said. “As a result, summary judgment cannot be granted as to Roeslein’s claim that Wendt breached the contract by failing to require Trillium to be bound by the agreements.”
“When we closed the books at the end of 2023, our numbers were up so dramatically that people outside of the firm questioned whether we could have a repeat year. I’m proud to report we’re up again rather significantly,” said co-managing partner Michael Carlinsky.