National Trial Newsletter - August 2020

A summary of major trial victories from around the firm

Since our last National Trial Newsletter in February, the legal industry (along with the rest of the world) has changed dramatically. The pandemic and resulting shutdown of much of the court system has left lawsuits in flux, with uncertain timelines as to when courts will re-open and what their capacity and procedures will be when they do.

Nevertheless, Lewis Brisbois' trial attorneys have continued to offer clients strong and steady representation during these otherwise unpredictable times, moving cases forward and achieving successful outcomes in several significant matters. During the last six months, they obtained a complete defense verdict in a $15 million products liability case involving a catastrophic injury, favorable judgments after lengthy bench trials, appellate wins in employment, elder law, and patent matters, and dismissals of proposed class actions that had enormous implications for