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In re South African Apartheid Litigation, 02 MDL 1499 (SAS)

Publication Date: 2014-04-21
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Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
Judge: District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs Ntsebeza et al.: Bruce Heller Nagel, Esq., Jay J. Rice, Esq., Diane E. Sammons, Esq., Nagel Rice LLP, Roseland, NJ. Tyler R. Giannini, Esq., International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Linda P. Nussbaum, Esq., Grant & Eisenhofer, New York, NY. Paul L. Hoffman, Esq., Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, Venice, California. Judith Brown Chomsky, Esq., Law Offices of Judith Brown Chomsky, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. Michael F. Osborne, Esq., Cape Town, South Africa. For Plaintiffs Balintulo et al.: Michael D. Hausfeld, Esq., Hausfeld LLP, Washington, DC. Carroll H. Ingram, Esq., Ingram Wilkinson, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
for defendant: For Defendant International Business Machines Corp.: Keith R. Hummel, Esq., Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant Ford Motor Company: Jonathan Hacker, Esq., O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC.
Case Number: 02 MDL 1499 (SAS)

Cite as: In re South African Apartheid Litigation, 02 99 (SAS), NYLJ 1202651863350, at *1 (SDNY, Decided April 17, 2014) 02

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Robert Ross, et al., Plaintiffs v. American Express Company, et al., Defendants, 04 Civ. 5723 (WHP)

Publication Date: 2014-04-14
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Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
Judge: District Judge William H. Pauley
Attorneys: For plaintiff: All Counsel of Record: Merrill G. Davidoff, Esq., David A. Langer, Esq., Charles P. Goodwin, Esq., Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA. Counsel for Plaintiffs: Christopher M. Burke, Esq., Scott + Scott LLP, San Diego, CA.
for defendant: Counsel for Defendants American Express: Evan Chesler, Esq., Gary Bornstein, Esq., Rowan Wilson, Esq., Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY. Counsel for Defendants Discover: Robert Y. Sperling, Esq., Malcom Cox, Esq., Ronald S. Betman, Esq., Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL. Counsel for Defendants Citigroup: David Graham, Esq., Theodore R Scarborough, Jr., Esq., Patrick E. Croke, Esq., Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL.
Case Number: 04 Civ. 5723 (WHP)

Cite as: Ross v. American Express Co., 04 Civ. 5723 (WHP), NYLJ 1202650972862, at *1 (SDNY, Decided April 10, 2014) 04 Civ. 5723 (WHP)/

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