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Jan. 2023   L&R secures favorable settlement for Austrian client of $15 million arbitration claim against U.S. subcontractor to project in Kuwait
Aug. 2022   L&R assists German client in recovering substantial escheated funds
Jan. 2022   L&R assists law firm victimized by Nigerian check scam in recovery of large counterfeit cashier’s check against its bank
Nov. 5, 2021   Law360 publishes Robert Ludwig’s article, High Court Gun Rights Case Ignores Key Case Law Problem
Feb. 2021   L&R client granted right to maintain trademark cancellation claims in federal cross-border litigation
Nov. 2020   L&R issues its latest Banking & Insurance Review newsletter
Aug. 2020   L&R obtains prompt full recovery for Polish client in ACH cybercrime case
June 2020   L&R issues its latest Banking & Insurance Review newsletter
July 19, 2019   Law360 publishes Robert Ludwig’s article, Time to Heed Justice Stevens’ Criticism of Gun Decision
Nov. 21, 2018   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   Law360 publishes Robert Ludwig’s article, A Right to Carry Everywhere, On a Road to Nowhere
June 7, 2018   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   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   Law360 publishes Robert Ludwig’s article, The Historic Legal Blunder that Enabled Our Gun Epidemic.
Sept. 22, 2017   Law360 publishes Robert Ludwig’s article, The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act: ‘Bedlam’ Redux
Aug. 24, 2017   Law360 publishes Robert Ludwig's article, Heller Sequels And 2nd Amendment, Still Undecided: Part 3
Aug. 18, 2017   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   Law360 publishes Robert Ludwig's article, Heller Sequels And 2nd Amendment, Still Undecided: Part 2
Jul. 20, 2017   Law360 publishes Robert Ludwig’s article, Heller Sequels And 2nd Amendment, Still Undecided: Part 1
May 25, 2017   Pa. court denies auditor’s second motion for summary judgment, resolving significant damages issue in favor of L&R insurance client
Jan. 17, 2017   L&R’s insurance client prevails on cross-motions for summary judgment against audit firm, clarifying Pa. discovery rule.
Nov. 3, 2016   L&R client American Univ. of Kuwait prevails on American Univ.’s summary judgment motion in TTAB trademark proceeding
Sept. 23, 2016   L&R obtain orders of civil contempt in D.C. Superior Court for post-judgment discovery non-compliance
Aug. 9, 2016   L&R obtains D.C. Superior Court order for writs of attachment of publicly traded securities in post-judgment proceeding
Mar. 15, 2016   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   Law360 publishes Robert Ludwig’s article, Court Nominee, Guns, and Constitutional Illiteracy
Feb. 24, 2016   L&R secures favorable early settlement for insurance client against Big-4 audit firm in ongoing Pa. litigation
Jan. 11, 2016   Law360 publishes Robert Ludwig's article, 2nd Amendment Still Undecided, Hiding in Plain View
Jan. 6, 2016   TTAB allows counterclaim of L&R client American Univ. of Kuwait in trademark cancellation case against American Univ.
Jan. 6, 2016   PRWeb announces Robert Ludwig's article on Second Amendment
Nov. 4, 2015   Robert Ludwig serves as Co-Chair of the 2015 Annual Conference, Fidelity Law Association in Washington, DC
Oct. 5, 2015   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   DOJ Inspector General faults PwC audit in Pa. case filed by L&R
July 29, 2015   L&R’s win for client PNC Bank was featured in DRI’s The Voice
June 23, 2015   L&R obtains D.C. Superior Court judgment confirming arbitration award and order dismissing counterclaim
May 28, 2015   Pa. court rules for L&R insurance client, denying motions to dismiss audit case
May 2015   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   L&R seeks Supreme Court review of decades-long conflicts under Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in action against Kenya
Jan. 2015   Robert Ludwig is appointed Co-Chair, 2015 Annual Conference, Fidelity Law Association
Oct. 2014   L&R advocates new precedent before D.C. Circuit under Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in action against Kenya
Mar. 4, 2014 & Dec. 20, 2013   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   L&R advocates new precedent before D.C. Circuit under Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act for whistleblower in action against Kenya
Jan. 9, 2013   L&R obtains early dismissal of $1.5m Maryland check fraud suit against PNC Bank
Dec. 4, 2012   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   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   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   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   Virginia federal court rules in favor of L&R biotech client in denying defendant’s motion to dismiss or transfer
Aug. 22, 2011   Court rules in favor of L&R client Northern Trust Bank, in denying motion to dismiss in $16 million suit
May 27, 2011   Federal district court issues extensive opinion concerning commercially reasonable security procedures under UCC Article 4A, prominently citing L&R article
Jan. 11, 2011   L&R presents in-house client seminar on Cybercrime, Financial Institution Liability, and Insurance Coverage Implications
Jan. 2011   Jim Tompert reports on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act: The Most Sweeping Financial Reform Since the Great Depression
Feb. 14, 2011   Carl Lettow becomes general counsel to an advanced materials technology company, remaining Of Counsel to L&R
Feb. 1, 2010   Jim Tompert joins L&R as Of Counsel, opening a Detroit-area office and creating a Midwest presence for the firm
May 14, 2008   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   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   Phil Robinson acts as an expert witness in defense of a federal prosecution in Utah for international money laundering
June 2005   L&R releases paper, Check Fraud: Liability and Defenses of Banks Under the Uniform Commercial Code
Jan. 28, 2005   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   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   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