James Jackson

2 weeks ago | law.com | James Jackson

Who Got The Work J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.

2 weeks ago | law.com | James Jackson

Willkie Farr Gallagher has hired a Frankfurt team led by prominent antitrust partner Georg Weidenbach from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, signaling its commitment to expand its antitrust offering in Germany and beyond. “Everything I heard and saw showed that Willkie is committed to invest in an antitrust platform—and this not only in Germany but also in other key locations in Europe,” Weidenbach said.

2 weeks ago | law.com | James Jackson

Orthpartners, a Düsseldorf-based law firm that opened its doors this week, brings together former partners from McDermott Will & Emery, Pinsent Mason, and EY Law in a Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG structure, a hybrid legal structure that combines elements of a German limited liability company and a limited partnership. Founded by Robert Orth, former founding partner of Orth Kluth (now orka), the firm has 20 lawyers including a team from orka.

3 weeks ago | law.com | James Jackson

Hungary has decided to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) amid a controversial visit from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who arrived in Budapest on Wednesday, according to Gergely Gulyás, the Hungarian Minister for the Prime Minister’s Office. “The withdrawal process will begin on Thursday, in line with Hungary’s constitutional and international legal obligations,” state secretary Zoltán Kovacs wrote on social media site X.

3 weeks ago | law.com | James Jackson

Amazon and Nokia have signed a global, multi-year patent deal resolving all patent litigation from Germany to Brazil and beyond in a dispute that has been ongoing since October 2023. The real winners, however, are the firms who brokered the agreement. Hogan Lovells’ Steffen Steininger, Benjamin Schröer and Andreas Schmid in Germany, and Paul Brown and Katie McConnell in the U.K. acted for Amazon.