April 19, 2018, Law360

Kelly Labritz is quoted in a Law360 article regarding potential legal issues brought by alternative fund types. Commenting on the private equity secondaries market, Labritz says that lawyers wishing to be called upon for work on secondaries funds should ensure they are well-versed in both the areas of mergers and acquisitions and private equity fund formation, ...

April 18, 2018, Daily Journal

Michael Plimack was named to the Daily Journal's "Top Intellectual Property Lawyers" in California list. Commenting on recent changes in patent litigation, Plimack says, "Large-scale patent litigation these days is an international affair that requires experience in all the key jurisdictions, which I believe will increasingly include China over time."

April 18, 2018, Law360

Scott Kamholz is quoted in a Law360 article regarding differences between depositions at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and district court. According to Kamholz, the purpose and execution between the two are quite distinct. “About the only thing in common between the two is the court reporter,” he says. “Lawyers cannot come into a PTAB deposition expecting it ...

April 16, 2018, The Am Law Litigation Daily

The Am Law Litigation Daily highlights a victory on behalf of the city of Los Angeles following U.S. District Judge Manuel Real's decision to enjoin an attempt by the Justice Department to link funding for community-oriented policing to cooperation with federal law enforcement agencies on immigration enforcement. Mitch Kamin, who was a member of the Covington ...

April 12, 2018, The Recorder

The Recorder highlights the arrival of Suzanne Bell to Covington's Technology Transactions practice. Bell says she was attracted to the firm's strong regulatory practice given the increased intersection between the technology sector and government regulations. Bell adds that she is looking forward to using her experience in technology transactions to assist ...

April 12, 2018, Law360

Law360 highlights Covington's successful representation of the City of Los Angeles following a decision by a California federal judge which imposed a permanent, nationwide ban that would prevent the Trump Administration from placing certain immigration-related conditions on community policing grants administered by the Justice Department.  The Covington team ...

April 2018, Digital Health Legal

Brian Kelly and Raj Gathani are quoted in a Digital Health Legal article regarding a report published by the UK’s Care Quality Commission on "The state of care in independent online primary health services." According to Kelly and Gathani, “The report illustrates some of the teething problems in the inspection system, particularly when applied to online ...

April 11, 2018, Law360

Marney Cheek is quoted in a Law360 article regarding issues that could exist under USTR Lighthizer's proposed alternatives to investor-state arbitration in a renegotiated NAFTA. "I think the main problem with his proposed solutions is that they're all limited in scope, and so there's very serious enforcement gaps," says Cheek. Commenting on the fact that ...

April 11, 2018, The Recorder

Scott Kamholz is quoted by The Recorder in an article regarding USPTO Director Andrei Iancu's ideas for reforming the patent system. “My sense is that [Iancu] is not focused on harmonizing outcomes at the PTAB and district court, but rather to give both the PTAB and district judges more basis to rely on each other’s claim constructions,” Kamholz says. “That will ...