Kirschner v. Grant Thornton LLP
Summary
Marc S. Kirschner sued Grant Thornton LLP and numerous financial firms in federal court over trademark infringement under securities law. The case involves competing claims over financial services marks and branding used by the defendants, with major accounting firms PwC, Ernst & Young, and Mayer Brown named as co-defendants in a complex dispute spanning multiple financial entities.
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Counsel of record
- Latham & Watkins LLPChristopher R. Harris, Miles Norman Ruthberg
- Quinn EmanuelMichael Barry Carlinsky, Robert Craig Juman
- Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLPRichard Irving Werder , Jr
- Williams & Connolly LLPCraig Singer, Daniel P. Shanahan, Kevin M. Lovecchio +1 more
- Williams & Connolly LLP (DC)John K. Villa, John Sievert Williams, Michael S. Sundermeyer +1 more
- Winston & Strawn LLP (NY)Beth Ann Tagliamonti, Ruth Anne Braun
- Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (NYC)Veronica Ellen Callahan
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission(NYC)Gates Salyers Hurand
- Law Offices of David E. MollonDavid Emilio Mollon
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (NYC)James J. Capra , Jr
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP (DC)Kenneth Yeatts Turnbull
- Court
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- Docket no.
- 1:07-cv-11604
- Nature of suit
- Trademark
- Judge
- Jed S. Rakoff
- Filed
- 2007-12-28
- Last filing
- 2014-08-18
- Terminated
- 2011-08-05
Cause
15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act
Entities in this case
Parties
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Liberty Corner Capital Strategies, LLC Eric M. Flanagan Delta Flyer Fund LLC EMF Financial Produccts William T. Pigott Refco Group Holdings, Inc. CIM Ventures, Inc. Robert C. Trosten Tone N. Grant Mayer Brown LLP Andrew Krieger Beckenham Trading Company, Inc. Mayer Brown International LLP Santo C. Maggio Phillip R. Bennett Marc S. Kirschner Ingram Micro, Inc. Grant Thornton LLP Ernst & Young LLP