Newsletter: October 2019

Firm Announcements:

• Firm Mourns Passing of Bill Urquhart – Name Partner and Visionary Who Drove Growth
• Survey Shows Quinn Emanuel Is the Most Feared Law Firm in the World
• Quinn Emanuel Launches New Sexual Harassment and Employment Discrimination Practice
• Quinn Emanuel Holds Successful Inaugural Event for QE Institute on the Future of the Auto Industry on Artificial Intelligence

Lead Article:

• Navigating the Multiple Roles of “Constituency Directors” On Public Company Boards

Noted with Interest:

• Federal Court Finds Privilege Waiver, Highlighting Risk of Inadvertent Waiver by “Constituency Directors”

Practice Area Notes:

• Insurance Litigation Update: “Universal Cable Productions, LLC v. Atlantic Specialty Insurance Co.: Applicability of War Exclusions to Evolving Warfare/Untraditional War/Hamas Conflict”
• EU Litigation Update: Metall auf Metall“ – 20 years of litigation over the sampling of two seconds, but no end in sight?

Victory:

• Second Circuit Victory Clarifies Materiality Law