The events of the past week have made the folks at Latham & Watkins look quite prescient for their decision to elevate appellate litigator Samir Deger-Sen to the firm’s partnership at the turn of the year.

Last Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit extended Deger-Sen’s winning streak to six cases in the federal appeals he’s argued since 2020. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of antitrust claims brought by two entertainment journalists who challenged the membership policies of Latham’s client, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. (As if the win streak alone weren’t impressive enough, Deger-Sen has racked up a whopping total of 11 appellate arguments as an associate, not to mention three arguments in district court cases.)