Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs

Mark Holscher and Tammy Tsoumas were recognized in The American Lawyer Litigation Daily's "Litigator of the Week" for their work for Wynn Resorts Holdings.

"... Last year, after a federal judge in Las Vegas dismissed antitrust litigation targeting the use of algorithmic pricing tools by hotels on the Vegas Strip, we tapped Boris Bershteyn of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, who represents Caesars Entertainment, and Brendan McShane of Latham & Watkins, who represents hospitality technology company Cendyn Group, as Litigators of the Week. Last week, the Ninth Circuit, in a published opinion, affirmed the dismissal. “Neither the terms nor the operation of the licensing agreements are alleged to have harmed competition by affecting the competitive incentives,” wrote Ninth Circuit Senior Judge Carlos Bea of the hotels’ separate agreements to license Cendyn’s price-recommendation software. The Latham team representing Cendyn included McShane, Melissa Arbus Sherry, who argued the appeal on behalf of all defendants, partners Sadik Huseny and Anna Rathbun and associates Christopher Brown and Graham Haviland. The team at Skadden representing Caesars Entertainment included Bershteyn, Ken Schwartz, Michael Menitove and Sam Auld. The team representing Wynn Resorts Holdings at Kirkland & Ellis includes Mark Holscher and Tammy Tsoumas. The team representing Treasure Island includes Patrick Reilly, Arthur Zorio, Emily Garnett and Eric Walther of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. The team representing Blackstone Inc. and Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII includes Matthew McGinnis of Ropes & Gray. The team representing The Rainmaker Group Unlimited includes Arman Oruc and Alicia Rubio-Spring of Goodwin Procter and Nicholas Santoro of Spencer Fane. The team representing JC Hospitality includes Kasey Curtis and Charles Hyun of Reed Smith."