As part of our employee mobility practice, we recently secured an important victory in the Northern District of California for a Fortune 500 financial services company. The litigation at issue concerns a financial consultant who left his employment to join a competitor. Our client sued, and alleged that the former employee stole trade secrets and breached his employment agreement. On this basis, we petitioned the Court for a TRO, and won. In ruling for our client, Chief Judge Hamilton enjoined the former employee and his new employer (another Fortune 500 financial services company) from “using, disclosing, transmitting, and continuing to possess” the information at issue, and ordered the defendants to file sworn statements that all information has been returned to our client. The Court further ordered the parties to proceed with an “expedited arbitration hearing on the merits” under FINRA.
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Lewis & Llewellyn is proud to announce that Ryan Erickson has been appointed to the Board of Directors of CALICO. Founded in 1997, CALICO brings together law enforcement officers, child welfare workers, prosecutors and other professionals to respond sensitively and effectively to allegations of child abuse. CALICO is the only child advocacy center in Alameda County, California, and it serves approximately 700 abused children every year.
A former financial adviser at Fidelity Brokerage Services violated his agreement by soliciting former clients upon moving to J.P. Morgan Securities, a California federal judge ruled. Brett Rocine, who transitioned to J.P. Morgan from Fidelity, claimed innocence, yet the judge deemed his actions disingenuous, issuing a temporary restraining order to halt the use of Fidelity’s customer information, initiating an expedited arbitration process. Marc R. Lewis and Ryan B. Erickson of the Lewis & Llewellyn team represent Fidelity.
Fidelity’s success in court showcased Rocine’s breach of contract, prompting orders for the return of confidential information and setting the stage for legal proceedings in the Northern District of California. Check out the article from Law360 below to learn more.
Adviser’s Calls To Ex-Clients Breached Contract, Judge Says – Law360
Lewis & Llewellyn is pleased to announce that Marc Lewis, Paul Llewellyn and Ryan Erickson have all been named to Benchmark Litigation’s 2017 Under 40 Hotlist. The list honors partners age 40 or younger who have been deemed the most promising emerging talent in their litigation communities by peers and clients. Benchmark, which selected just 12 attorneys in California to receive this honor, noted that Lewis & Llewellyn has taken California “by storm.”
Marc Lewis and Paul Llewellyn are honored to have been invited to lecture at Oxford University, Paul’s alma mater, in October 2017. The University’s law faculty, which dates back over 800 years, is generally considered one of the most prestigious in the world and consistently ranks among the top three worldwide. Marc and Paul will be addressing the University’s law faculty and students on complex business litigation in the United States, along with the firm’s groundbreaking work handling civil lawsuits on behalf of victims of childhood sexual abuse.
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Lewis & Llewellyn Gives Back
As part of its ongoing commitment to curbing the epidemic of sexual abuse in America, Lewis & Llewellyn is proud to provide financial support to the following nonprofits: CALICO, the Joyful Heat foundation, and Equal Rights Advocates. You can read more about these admirable organizations and the impactful litigation our firm has pursued against powerful entities that condone sexual abuse by clicking here.
Lewis & Llewellyn partner Marc Lewis wrote an Op-Ed in the Daily Journal regarding a Crescent City sexual abuse case that has concerning similarities to the Brock Turner case that sparked nationwide outrage last year.
Bridgeport, one of the country’s leading providers of continuing legal education, has again turned to Lewis & Llewellyn for one of its featured programs. On April 28, Bridgeport will present What Makes Jurors Tick?, and all-day seminar for both civil and criminal lawyers. The faculty for the program, which includes Marc Lewis & Paul Llewellyn, has collectively over 10,000 hours in trial, and hail from elite firms such as Keker, Van Nest & Peters and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. If you are interested in attending, please visit http://www.bridgeportce.com/bridgeportce/live-programs/what-makes-jurors-tick.html.
The Daily Journal has selected Marc Lewis as one of California’s top 40 lawyers under the age of 40. In the selection process, the Daily Journal considered candidates throughout the state, spanning numerous practice areas, and selected the top 40 based on the impact of the lawyer’s work on the legal community. As the article noted, “Lewis & Llewellyn was built from the ground up to provide its clients with the tenacity and sophistication of biglaw practice, while maintaining the agility necessary to efficiently resolve legal disputes.” With over 60,000 lawyers in California under the age of 40, the Daily Journalnoted that the individuals selected represent some of the best legal talent in the world. In receiving this distinction, Marc joins Paul Llewellyn, who was named to the same list in 2016.
For over five years, continuing legal education providers have turned to Paul Llewellyn as a trusted authority and compelling speaker on the art of taking and defending a deposition. Paul will be back in action on January 19, speaking at Bridgeport’s Mastering The Deposition Workshop. This is an in-depth, all day mastery course designed for both the novice and experienced litigator to take his or her deposition skills to the next level. The other presenters come from firms including Keker & Van Nest, and Munger, Tolles & Olson.
The panel will cover a wide range of topics, including:
- Fundamentals of Taking Depositions
- Deposition is Trial: Taking Jury-Focused Direct and Cross Examination Depositions
- Preparing Witnesses for Depositions
- Deposing Expert Witnesses: Promoting Expertise and Limiting Exposure
- Defending Depositions
- How Deposition Testimony Plays Out at Trial
Differences between depositions in state and federal courts
