Media Mentions
2008
Fay E. Morisseau was quoted on October 14 by Law360 in an article regarding a federal appeals court's order to move a product liability case against Volkswagen of America Inc. out of the plaintiff-friendly Eastern District of Texas and into the Dallas Division of the Northern District of Texas. Lawyers with interests in patent litigation are watching the case closely as many view the Eastern District of Texas as a district where patent plaintiffs can win favorable verdicts. Mr. Morisseau noted that the appeals court's decision likely won't affect pending cases, but that it may affect new cases. "Most of the new cases will have motions to transfer. Some of them will be granted. It's going to change how people do business, but it's not going to completely change," he said.
Fay Morisseau, Intellectual Property, Media & Technology, Litigation - IP, Media & Tech
On October 6, McDermott Will & Emery was profiled in the Houston Business Journal in an article titled, "Firm Forms East Texas Group to Focus on Litigation Hotbed." The article highlights McDermott's East Texas Patent Litigation Group, which includes partners Fay E. Morisseau and David M. Stein. Mr. Morisseau commented, "We've had so much litigation in East Texas, both from a plaintiff's side and defendant's side, we've had a lot of expertise in representing clients there, and we thought we could add to the expertise by bringing these attorneys together."
Fay Morisseau, David M. Stein, Intellectual Property, Media & Technology, Litigation - IP, Media & Tech
On September 1 McDermott Will & Emery was profiled in The National Law Journal in an article titled, "McDermott's IP litigation team tallies jury trial wins." The article highlights McDermott's intellectual property litigation team including, Sarah Columbia, Joel Freed, Terry McMahon and Fay Morisseau, "rack[ing] up five mainly favorable jury trial verdicts in the course of five months in five different federal districts." The article notes, "...[I]t's an unusual string of results in an era when most cases don't even go to trial. The trials took place in federal courts in California, Delaware, Massachusetts, Texas and Wisconsin." Mr. Morisseau commented, "What we do better than anyone else in the country is we work across offices to pull the people with the skills needed and we are not hesitant to take a case to trial."
Sarah Chapin Columbia, Joel M. Freed, Terrence P. McMahon, Fay Morisseau, Intellectual Property, Media & Technology, Litigation - IP, Media & Tech
2002
Fay Morisseau was quoted in the January 28 issue of the Orange County Business Journal in an article focusing on Orange County’s largest law firms. McDermott is noted as the biggest gainer on this year’s list with 45% growth to 29 lawyers, nine more than last year.
2001
On June 27, theOrange County Business Journal reported on McDermott's increase of intellectual property legal work. Fay Morisseau, partner-in-charge of the Orange County office, commented on the growth of the Firm’s Orange County practice and mentioned the office’s 50% growth over the past nine months and its initiative to add a dozen more lawyers by year’s end
