Lawyer Opposes Inventor Rothschild’s Bid for Fast Defamation Win

A Baker Botts patent attorney urged a federal judge to deny patent owner Leigh Rothschild a quick win in his defamation lawsuit against her.

Rachael Lamkin said Rothschild and his company Analytical Technologies LLC failed to demonstrate statements reported in a Bloomberg Law article are false, an essential element of a defamation claim, in an opposition filed March 21 in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Lamkin also opposed Rothschild and AT’s motion to dismiss her abuse of process counterclaim, arguing their recent attempts to settle a related patent infringement suit illustrate the defamation claims were ...