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Brian Klein and Teresa Huggins Achieved Decisive Victory for Koren-based Video Game Developer Clients

Brian Klein and Teresa Huggins achieved a decisive victory for their Koren-based video game developer clients.

Daily Journal Names Waymaker one of California’s Top 20 Boutiques for 2024

Daily Journal has named Waymaker LLP one of California’s 2024 Top Boutique Law Firms. This is Waymaker’s second such recognition, which is based on Waymaker’s recent successes in civil and criminal matters, as well as the depth of the Waymaker bench …

Brian Klein and Teresa Huggins Achieve Significant Victory with New York Judge’s Ruling on Defunct…

Partners Brian Klein and Teresa Huggins won a significant victory for client Bitfloor, Inc. when a New York state court judge granted partial summary judgment to onetime Bitfloor customers but also granted Bitfloor’s cross-motion and held that the damages awarded would be limited to the dollar value of the digital assets over a decade ago and found many of the plaintiffs were barred by statutes of limitations. The Law360 headline read “Crypto Exchange Must Refund Bitcoins, but in 2013 Dollars.”

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 …

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Brian Klein Quoted by Law.com about Crypto Litigation in the Trump Administration

Partner Brian Klein, speaking to Law.com about a new era of crypto litigation following Donald Trump’s presidential election, said “Everyone is going to spend some time thinking through what this means for both current court cases and pending investigations …”

Brian Klein Quoted by American Banker about TD Bank Money-Laundering DOJ Prosecution

Partner Brian Klein, speaking to American Banker about TD Bank pleading guilty to money-laundering conspiracy and settling for $3.09 billion but avoiding criminal charges against individual executives, said “the sheer scale of a large institution often shields the individuals within it.”

Bloomberg Law Interviewed Brian Klein about the U.S. Supreme Court’s Snyder Decision and the Criminal…

Former federal prosecutor Brian Klein, interviewed about the forthcoming federal corruption case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan on the Bloomberg Law Podcast, said of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Snyder v. United States ruling, “It’s always helpful as a defense lawyer if you have Supreme Court precedent supporting you …”

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 …”

Awards & Rankings

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Ryan Baker and Scott Malzahn Named Legal Visionaries 2024 by Los Angeles Times Business of…

Profiled by the magazine, Co-Founding Partner Ryan Baker and Managing Partner Scott Malzahn have been named Legal Visionaries by Los Angeles Times Business of Law 2024 …

Ryan Baker Profiled by Daily Journal as Top Trade Secrets Lawyer 2024

Daily Journal named Co-Founding Partner Ryan Baker as one of California’s Top Trade Secrets Lawyers 2024 in its October 9, 2024 edition. “This case is important because it protects innovation and innovators,” said Baker speaking of his recent victory …

Four Waymaker Partners Honored as Benchmark Litigation Stars 2025

Partners Ryan Baker, Brian Klein, Jaime Marquart, and Donald Pepperman have been recognized as Litigation Stars in the Benchmark Litigation 2025 US Rankings.

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
Many of these results were obtained by the predecessor firm to Waymaker, Baker Marquart LLP.

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