| Apr. 2024 |
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L&R assists construction company in full recovery of $1.8 million check fraud from depositary bank |
| Jan. 2023 |
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L&R secures favorable settlement for Austrian client of $15 million arbitration claim against U.S. subcontractor to project in Kuwait |
| Aug. 2022 |
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L&R assists German client in recovering substantial escheated funds |
| Jan. 2022 |
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L&R assists law firm victimized by Nigerian check scam in recovery of large counterfeit cashier’s check against its bank |
| Nov. 5, 2021 |
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Law360 publishes Robert Ludwig’s article, High Court Gun Rights Case Ignores Key Case Law Problem |
| Feb. 2021 |
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L&R client granted right to maintain trademark cancellation claims in federal cross-border litigation |
| Nov. 2020 |
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L&R issues its latest Banking & Insurance Review newsletter |
| Aug. 2020 |
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L&R obtains prompt full recovery for Polish client in ACH cybercrime case |
| June 2020 |
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L&R issues its latest Banking & Insurance Review newsletter |
| July 19, 2019 |
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Law360 publishes Robert Ludwig’s article, Time to Heed Justice Stevens’ Criticism of Gun Decision |
| Nov. 21, 2018 |
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U.S. District Court in D.C. grants dismissal of MH370 multi-district cases, In re: Air Crash over the Southern Indian Ocean on March 8, 2014, in which L&R had served as local counsel. |
| Aug. 10, 2018 |
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Law360 publishes Robert Ludwig’s article, A Right to Carry Everywhere, On a Road to Nowhere |
| June 7, 2018 |
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L&R obtains precedent-setting D.C. Court of Appeals unanimous decision clarifying D.C. law and reinstating fraud and conspiracy claims |
| June 5, 2018 |
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L&R defends foreign university’s trademark use in foreign commerce in TTAB proceeding, seeking cross-cancellation of domestic university’s trademarks |
| Apr. 25, 2018 |
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Law360 publishes Robert Ludwig’s article, The Historic Legal Blunder that Enabled Our Gun Epidemic. |
| Sept. 22, 2017 |
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Law360 publishes Robert Ludwig’s article, The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act: ‘Bedlam’ Redux |
| Aug. 24, 2017 |
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Law360 publishes Robert Ludwig's article, Heller Sequels And 2nd Amendment, Still Undecided: Part 3 |
| Aug. 18, 2017 |
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Law360 article on Pa. case in which L&R was lead counsel for Hanover Ins. Co., Insurer, Accountant Settle Suit Over Botched Grant Oversight (Law360 Aug. 18, 2017) |
| Aug. 3, 2017 |
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Law360 publishes Robert Ludwig's article, Heller Sequels And 2nd Amendment, Still Undecided: Part 2 |
| Jul. 20, 2017 |
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Law360 publishes Robert Ludwig’s article, Heller Sequels And 2nd Amendment, Still Undecided: Part 1 |
| May 25, 2017 |
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Pa. court denies auditor’s second motion for summary judgment, resolving significant damages issue in favor of L&R insurance client |
| Jan. 17, 2017 |
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L&R’s insurance client prevails on cross-motions for summary judgment against audit firm, clarifying Pa. discovery rule. |
| Nov. 3, 2016 |
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L&R client American Univ. of Kuwait prevails on American Univ.’s summary judgment motion in TTAB trademark proceeding |
| Sept. 23, 2016 |
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L&R obtain orders of civil contempt in D.C. Superior Court for post-judgment discovery non-compliance |
| Aug. 9, 2016 |
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L&R obtains D.C. Superior Court order for writs of attachment of publicly traded securities in post-judgment proceeding |
| Mar. 15, 2016 |
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L&R cert. petition in Odhiambo v. Rep. of Kenya added to watch list for acceptance by Supreme Court by SCOTUS.blog. |
| Mar. 15, 2016 |
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Law360 publishes Robert Ludwig’s article, Court Nominee, Guns, and Constitutional Illiteracy |
| Feb. 24, 2016 |
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L&R secures favorable early settlement for insurance client against Big-4 audit firm in ongoing Pa. litigation |
| Jan. 11, 2016 |
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Law360 publishes Robert Ludwig's article, 2nd Amendment Still Undecided, Hiding in Plain View |
| Jan. 6, 2016 |
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TTAB allows counterclaim of L&R client American Univ. of Kuwait in trademark cancellation case against American Univ. |
| Jan. 6, 2016 |
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PRWeb announces Robert Ludwig's article on Second Amendment |
| Nov. 4, 2015 |
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Robert Ludwig serves as Co-Chair of the 2015 Annual Conference, Fidelity Law Association in Washington, DC |
| Oct. 5, 2015 |
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Supreme Court asks Solicitor General’s views on L&R petition for Kenyan client raising long-hidden meaning at heart of FSIA |
| July 29, 2015 |
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DOJ Inspector General faults PwC audit in Pa. case filed by L&R |
| July 29, 2015 |
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L&R’s win for client PNC Bank was featured in DRI’s The Voice |
| June 23, 2015 |
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L&R obtains D.C. Superior Court judgment confirming arbitration award and order dismissing counterclaim |
| May 28, 2015 |
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Pa. court rules for L&R insurance client, denying motions to dismiss audit case |
| May 2015 |
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L&R prevails for PNC Bank in obtaining Maryland appeals decision affirming dismissal of $5m case alleging wire and account activity arising from distressed real estate investment scheme |
| Apr. 2015 |
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L&R seeks Supreme Court review of decades-long conflicts under Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in action against Kenya |
| Jan. 2015 |
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Robert Ludwig is appointed Co-Chair, 2015 Annual Conference, Fidelity Law Association |
| Oct. 2014 |
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L&R advocates new precedent before D.C. Circuit under Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in action against Kenya |
| Mar. 4, 2014 & Dec. 20, 2013 |
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L&R obtains summary judgment for PNC Bank in suit arising out of $5m distressed real estate investment scheme, and prior dismissal of 8 of 10 counts |
| Oct. 2013 |
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L&R advocates new precedent before D.C. Circuit under Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act for whistleblower in action against Kenya |
| Jan. 9, 2013 |
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L&R obtains early dismissal of $1.5m Maryland check fraud suit against PNC Bank |
| Dec. 4, 2012 |
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In a $1.4m foreign judgment enforcement proceeding in D.C., L&R defeats defendants’ motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction |
| Nov. 2012 |
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L&R’s article is featured in the Fall 2012 ABA Commercial Law Newsletter: Cybercrime and Online Banking Fraud: An Overview of the Rules for Allocating Commercial Account Losses |
| July 3, 2012 |
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In one of few reported decisions, a federal appeals court clarifies liability between bank and business whose account was hacked by cyberthieves, in case where district court cited L&R’s article on malware and fraudulent electronic funds transfers |
| May 22, 2012 |
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L&R secures favorable settlement for Egyptian-American biotech client in trade secret and patent litigation against Chinese and related U.S. entities |
| Sept. 23, 2011 |
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Virginia federal court rules in favor of L&R biotech client in denying defendant’s motion to dismiss or transfer |
| Aug. 22, 2011 |
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Court rules in favor of L&R client Northern Trust Bank, in denying motion to dismiss in $16 million suit |
| May 27, 2011 |
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Federal district court issues extensive opinion concerning commercially reasonable security procedures under UCC Article 4A, prominently citing L&R article |
| Jan. 11, 2011 |
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L&R presents in-house client seminar on Cybercrime, Financial Institution Liability, and Insurance Coverage Implications |
| Jan. 2011 |
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Jim Tompert reports on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act: The Most Sweeping Financial Reform Since the Great Depression |
| Feb. 14, 2011 |
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Carl Lettow becomes general counsel to an advanced materials technology company, remaining Of Counsel to L&R |
| Feb. 1, 2010 |
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Jim Tompert joins L&R as Of Counsel, opening a Detroit-area office and creating a Midwest presence for the firm |
| May 14, 2008 |
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Scotusblog.com selects L&R’s petition for writ of certiorari as a "Petition to Watch," in Orient Mineral Co., et al. v. Bank of China, a case expected to resolve longstanding conflict over interpretation of the commercial-activity exception of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act |
| Jan. 28, 2008 |
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Washington Post article, quoting banking law experts and a leaked L&R letter to former D.C. attorney general and special counsel regarding a $50 million scheme involving property tax refund checks, pressures mayor’s general counsel to initiate suit against responsible third parties |
| 2007 |
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Phil Robinson acts as an expert witness in defense of a federal prosecution in Utah for international money laundering |
| June 2005 |
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L&R releases paper, Check Fraud: Liability and Defenses of Banks Under the Uniform Commercial Code |
| Jan. 28, 2005 |
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Bob Ludwig presents Check Fraud: Defending the Financial Institution Coverage Claim, or Minimizing the Covered Exposure, at the ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Winter Meeting in New York |
| Oct. 15, 1998 |
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Washington Post reports settlement of world-publicized case, Knab v. Republic of Georgia, et al., in which L&R represented the estate of a Brazilian teenager killed in a drunk-driving crash by a Georgian diplomat, in a wrongful death suit brought under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act |
| Apr. 26, 1997 |
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Washington Post reports on settlement of insurance coverage suits by prominent local company, Maxima Corp. against Hartford, represented by L&R, including claims of misappropriations by California subsidiary and Nigerian investors, and Hartford’s counterclaim for insurance fraud |
