Michael Sohn, former chairman of Arnold & Porter, has joined Davis Polk & Wardwell’s Washington office as general counsel. Sohn joined Arnold & Porter in 1969 and was made a partner in 1972. He left the firm briefly and served for 3 years as general counsel of the Federal Trade Commission beginning in 1977. Sohn [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 9, 2009
Good Morning everyone! I hope everyone had a terriffic weekend. Here’s a look back at Friday’s news (and a small weekend update) to get your week started. A judge has vacated the $1.2 billion default judgementagainst PepsiCo… Cleary Gottlieb announced its year end bonuses… Greenberg Traurig added five attorneysfrom Ballard Spahr… and Latham & Watkins promoted 23 [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 6, 2009
At the end of last month I blogged about a legal comedy of errors that ended with a default judgement being entered against softdrink maker PepsiCo. If you somehow missed the original story, our take on it can be found here. If any of you own shares in Pepsi, you can breathe easier… for [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Pepsi Co is the victim of its own bureaucracy in a Wisconsin case that ended in a default judgement earlier this month. The background is simple enough. Two Wisconsin men sued Pepsi in June for allegedly misappropriating trade secrets from confidential talks and using them to make and sell Aquafina. The men served Pepsi [...]
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