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Nicole Swanson is an associate in the Litigation Department.

Nicole earned her J.D. from New York University School of Law, where she served as a Managing Editor of the Moot Court Board and was elected to the Order of Barristers. While at NYU, Nicole externed with the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.

Prior to law school, Nicole served as an AmeriCorps volunteer in Phoenix, Arizona, working with self-represented litigants in family court.

Nicole maintains an active pro bono practice. She volunteers with LIFT (Legal Information for Families Today) to provide family law consults, and serves as a member of LIFT’s junior board. She also supports the New York State Courts’ Pandemic Practices Working Group in its efforts to evaluate court policies adopted in response to COVID-19.

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A nearly decade-long legal battle in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently concluded with a significant jury verdict, underscoring the potentially severe consequences of trade secret theft claims. In Sonrai Systems, LLC v. Anthony M. Romano and The Heil Co. d/b/a Environmental Solutions Group…

A recent complaint alleging trade secret misappropriation in the Eastern District of New York demonstrates the importance of combing an alleged trade secret misappropriator’s social media for subtle – and not-so-subtle – evidence of their wrongdoing.

The United States has charged Klaus Pflugbeil and Yilong Shao with conspiring to convey…