The O'Melveny & Myers brand couldn't be better. Soon enough one of its head honchos might have a memo leaked in which he or she gushes about how well the firm is doing and badly the competition is stumbling. Yeah, just like Sims at Jones Day.
As you might recall, O'Melveny & Myers's manifesto about how it will operate the business and soft issues at the firm received the attention of just about every attorney under-35 and every law student. The way it helped its counselor Darren Tucker get another job during slow business was cited in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. And now it brought home the gold for client Disney in the Winnie the Pooh long-running lawsuits by licensee Stephen Slesinger.
In THE AMERICAN LAWYER, David Bario reports, "Los Angeles federal district court Judge Florence-Marie Cooper granted Disney's motion to dismiss all of Stephen Slesinger Inc.'s remaining infringement claims, committing the parties to continue a business relationship that began in 1971 when Slesinger's widow transferred the Pooh rights to Disney in exchange for royalties." This was a summary judgment and it brings the 18-year saga to a close.
Sounds to me as much a victory for the client as Jones Day achieved for its client Sherwin-Williams in the almost decade-old Rhode Island lead paint litigation.
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