Russ August & Kabat is proud of Christine S. Shin who has been named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2020 Leaders of Influence: Private Equity Investors & Advisors list. Christine S. Shin, one of only eleven attorneys honored on the list, is among some truly outstanding professionals making up the Los Angeles private equity lending and advising landscape. Read the article.
Russ August & Kabat Partner Ashley R. Yeargan, who has been recognized as a Southern California Rising Star since 2012, was interviewed in the 2020 Super Lawyers Rising Stars magazine. Read more.
Rising Stars are the top 2.5% percent of attorneys in each state, under 40 years old and/or who have been practicing for 10 years or less, as chosen by their peers and through an independent research. The Rising Stars process is designed to identify lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Rising Stars is a comprehensive and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys, representing a wide range of practice areas, firm sizes and geographic locations.
Russ August & Kabat is proud of Nathan D. Meyer, Reza Mirzaie, Jean Y. Rhee, Philip X. Wang, Minna Y. Chan, Joshua P. Gelbart, Justin E. Maio, Diana A. Sanders, Theresa M. Troupson, James S. Tsuei, Shani M. Williams and Ashley R. Yeargan, who have been recognized as 2020 Southern California Rising Stars by the publishers of Los Angeles Magazine. In addition, Nathan D. Meyer, Reza Mirzaie, Jean Y. Rhee and Philip X. Wang, were recognized as Southern California Top 100 Rising Stars and Jean Y. Rhee and Shani M. Williams were named to the Up-and-Coming 50: Women Southern California Rising Stars. See article.
Russ August & Kabat Partner, Irene Y. Lee, quoted in “Los Angeles Times” JUNE 2020
Russ August & Kabat Partner, Irene Y. Lee, was quoted in the Los Angeles Times article, “Virus leads to deluge of trademark filings: The pandemic inspires hundreds of applications that vary from serious to silly. Most won’t go far..” Irene Y. Lee was consulted because her practice involves many aspects of intellectual property, such as patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets and right of publicity. See article.
Russ August & Kabat is proud of Irene Y. Lee and Ashley R. Yeargan who have been named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2020 list of Most Influential Women Lawyers. Irene Y. Lee and Ashley R. Yeargan are two of 75 women honored for her exceptional legal skill and achievement. Read the article.
Russ August & Kabat Wins $4.1 Million Against Apricorn in February 2020 Jury Trial
Russ August & Kabat attorneys Marc Fenster, Benjamin Wang, Adam Hoffman, Paul Kroeger, Andrew Weiss, Jacob Buczko, and Justin Maio won a jury verdict for their client, SPEX Technologies, Inc., against Apricorn, Inc., for damages of $3.1 million for Apricorn’s infringement of U.S. Patent 6,088,802. The ‘802 Patent, originally granted to encryption pioneer Spyrus Inc., relates to hardware encryption on peripheral storage devices. The jury found that Apricorn had infringed all asserted claims. Validity was not tried, as the Court granted SPEX’s motion for summary judgment on validity prior to trial. Subsequent to trial, the Court entered judgment, including pre-trial interest, for $4,107,735. The trial was held in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, before the Honorable James Selna. The case is SPEX Technologies Inc. v. Apricorn, case number 2:16-cv-07349. Apricorn was represented by Michael J. Lyons, Christopher D. Bright, Carla B. Oakley, Hersh Mehta, Ehsun Forghany, and Thomas Y. Nolan of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP.