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Lanny Davis was the subject of a lengthy March 5 Wall Street Journal interview concerning his centrist views on a variety of partisan issues, particularly whether tort reform should be part of the health care reform bill. Mr. Davis stated his belief that it should be, acknowledging as a liberal Democrat that "it's unspeakable in liberal circles. We have to start making it speakable." His view is that any medical malpractice reform must "take care of malpractice victims while also taking care of doctors without pushing them over a precipice or ... making them practice defensive medicine ..." One way that Mr. Davis suggests to do this is to limit the power of juries to award punitive damages in malpractice litigation, by implementing "a mandatory arbitration system ... with limited periods of discovery. Each party would propose a figure and put it on the table.... The arbitrator at the end of the day can pick one number or the other."
Lanny J. Davis , Government Strategies , Legal Crisis Communications
Yar Chaikovsky commented forLaw360 about the uncertain prospects for patent reform legislation that has passed the House of Representatives and is now before the Senate. Mr. Chaikovsky said he was hopeful that the legislation, the first major reform in patent law in 55 years, would move forward, but added a note of caution: “It’s nice that the bill came out of the Senate Judiciary Committee, but that’s still a long way from it pushing through different constituencies and interests, let alone meshing with the House bill.”
Yar R. Chaikovsky , Intellectual Property , IP Litigation
Fredric (Rick) Firestone and Michael Ungar are featured in Legal Bisnow (March 9). Both lawyers, formerly senior members of the Security and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement, have joined McDermott’s SEC Defense practice. The article states that Mr. Firestone and Mr. Ungar both say that they were drawn to McDermott because of multiple synergies between their practices and both the Firm’s white collar defense group and its energy and derivatives practice.
Fredric D. Firestone , Michael A. Ungar , SEC Defense , Securities Litigation , White-Collar Criminal Defense
Edward Leibensperger is mentioned in a March 9 story by Children’s Rights concerning the lack of progress in a comprehensive Michigan child welfare reform effort required by a federal court order. The order came as the result of Dwayne B. v. Granholm, a 2006 child welfare reform class action lawsuit filed by Mr. Leibensperger on behalf of Children’s Rights.
Edward P. Leibensperger , Trial
Howard Steinberg is mentioned in The National Law Journal on March 8 for his appointment by New York Governor David Patterson to serve as chairman of the Long Island Power Authority, a regional electric utility.
Howard E. Steinberg , Corporate
