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August 14, 2024
Granting Waymaker Motion, Florida Court Dismisses Complaint Against Cryptocurrency Exchange Payward, Inc.
In a dispute over the alleged theft and laundering of bitcoin allegedly worth more than $80 million, Brian Klein, Scott Malzahn and Jose Nuño led the Waymaker team who won dismissal of a lawsuit brought against the Kraken cryptocurrency exchange for lack of personal jurisdiction in Florida …
August 01, 2024
Court of Appeal Affirms Waymaker’s Victory in Lease Dispute For Client 6759 Hollywood, LLC
The Waymaker team, Teresa Huggins and Counsel Kevin Casey, prevailed for client 6759 Hollywood, LLC when The Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, affirmed the trial court’s decision to grant summary judgment in favor of Waymaker client. The case involved an action for breach of contract involving a commercial lease …
July 16, 2024
Brian Klein and Keri Axel Argue Issues of First Impression in Criminal Prosecution of Tornado…
As reported in Coindesk.com, Waymaker partners Brian Klein and Keri Curtis Axel argue for dismissal of the DOJ’s unprecedented case against their client Roman Storm, one of Tornado Cash’s developers, before Judge Failla of the SDNY. …
June 07, 2024
Chambers USA 2024 Ranks Waymaker for Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded - California
Chambers USA Guide 2024 has ranked Waymaker LLP in Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded - California Band 3, saying the team is known for “representing both plaintiffs and defendants in high-stakes litigation …In the News
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August 12, 2024
Ryan Baker Quoted in Law360 Story About Ethical Duties of Lawyers Using AI
Partner Ryan Baker, speaking to Law360 about the ethical rules applying litigators doing research with AI, said, using “it doesn’t alter the duties of the lawyer to ultimately verify what is said is accurate and true and applicable to the case …”
July 22, 2024
Ryan Baker Tells Daily Journal Motion for New Trial in IMD Case is Flawed
A Houston urologist who lost a trade secrets case brought by Beverly Hills urologist James Elist is seeking a new trial, but Waymaker Lead Counsel Ryan Baker says, “Defendants’ new argument regarding claims construction is yet another attempt to convert plaintiff’s Trade secrets claims into claims for patent infringement …”
July 19, 2024
Brian Klein Quoted by Law360 about U.S. Senator Robert Menendez Guilty Verdict
Partner Brian Klein spoke to Law360 about U.S. Senator Robert Menendez being found guilty of bribery in a high-profile government corruption case saying, “This was obviously a very hard-fought battle between aggressive prosecutors and excellent defense counsel and nonetheless the jury returned a very quick, resounding guilty verdict …”
July 09, 2024
Ryan Baker Quoted by Bloomberg Law on DOJ’s Antitrust Case Against Google and Bench vs.…
Partner Ryan Baker, speaking to Bloomberglaw.com about Google’s payment of maximum statutory damages of $2.3 million to satisfy the only jury claim in the Department of Justice’s antitrust case, said “it seems to me that the worst-case scenario in front of a jury was a lot worse than a couple million dollars.”Awards & Rankings
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September 04, 2024
Ryan Baker Named One of California’s Top 100 Lawyers by Daily Journal
Daily Journal has named Co-Founding Partner Ryan Baker to its 2024 list of the Top 100 Lawyers In California
August 15, 2024
Keri Curtis Axel Named to Best Lawyers in America 2025 for Criminal Defense: White Collar
Former federal prosecutor Keri Curtis Axel has been named to The Best Lawyers in America© 2025 for Criminal Defense: White Collar. A first-chair trial and appellate lawyer, she practices white-collar criminal and government enforcement defense, as well as complex civil litigation …
July 15, 2024
Partners Keri Curtis Axel and Ryan Baker Named 2024 Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial…
Los Angeles Business Journal has named Partners Keri Curtis Axel and Ryan Baker as 2024 Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial Attorneys …
June 11, 2024
Three Lawyers Named Southern California Rising Stars 2024 by Super Lawyers
Counsel Jose Nuño and Associates Sam Meehan and Emily Stierwalt have been named Southern California Rising Stars 2024 by Super Lawyers …
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