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  • Christopher v. Depuy Orthopaedics

    Publication Date: 2018-05-07
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 16-11051

    This appeal was from the second of a series of bellweather trials in which several thousand plaintiffs claim injuries from hips manufactured by DuPay.

  • Hound Partners Offshore Fund LP v. Valeant Pharms. Int'l Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-03
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Denise Cote
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the plaintiffs: Chad Johnson, Jennifer Barrett, Steig D. Olson, Rollo C. Baker, Kathryn Bonacorsi, Jesse Bernstein, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For defendants Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., Robert L. Rosiello, Ari S. Kellen, Ronald H. Farmer, Colleen Goggins, Robert A. Ingram, Anders Lönner, Theo Melas-Kyriaza, Robert N. Power, Norma Provencio, and Katharine B. Stevenson: Paul C. Curnin, Jonathan K. Youngwood, Craig S. Waldman, Daniel J. Stujenske, Dean McGee, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, New York.; For defendants Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., MUFG Securities Americas Inc., DNB Markets Inc., Barclays Capital Inc. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, and Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.: Richard A. Rosen, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, New York.; For defendant Tanya Carro: William J. Schwartz, Laura G. Birger, Cooley LLP, New York, New York.; For defendant Deborah Jorn: Cara David, Barry A. Bohrer, Michael L. Yaeger, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, New York, New York.; For defendant J. Michael Pearson: Holly S. Wintermute, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, New York.; Jonathan R. Tuttle, Ada F. Johnson, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Washington, D.C.; For defendant PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP: James J. Capra, King & Spalding LLP, New York, New York.; Kenneth Y. Turnbull, King & Spalding LLP, Washington, D.C.; For defendant Howard B. Schiller: Robert Y. Sperling, Joseph L. Motto, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, Illinois.
    Case Number: 18 cv 76

    Securities Fraud Suit Could Have Been Brought in District of New Jersey, Granted Transfer

  • May 2, 2018 | Law.com

    Critical Mass: Why SCOTUS Picked Google Settlement to Test Cy Pres. Plus, Infighting Roils Plaintiffs' Lawyers in Flint Water Case

    In a win for critics of the doctrine, the U.S. Supreme Court has finally picked a case to review the use of cy pres funds: An $8.5 million class action settlement with Google, which yielded $5.3 million to be distributed to public interest causes, some of which opponents said had ties to lawyers in the case.

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  • Ramirez v. GEICO

    Publication Date: 2018-04-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Insurance Litigation
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rodriguez
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    Case Number: 08-15-00326-CV

    After sustaining injuries in a motor vehicle accident, appellant notified appellee, his insurer, and subsequently completed an application for benefits form.

  • Steuben Foods Inc. v. Oystar Grp.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-26
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, U.S. - WDNY
    Judge: Magistrate Judge Jeremiah McCarthy
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    Case Number: 1:10-cv-00780

    Phrase 'Aseptically Disinfecting' Is Construed as Not Precluding

  • Gross v. GFI Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-26
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge William Pauley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 14 cv 9438

    Securities Class Suit Dismissed; Proxy Statement Provided Infomation Before Vote

  • Chrysler Group LLC n/k/a FCA US LLC v. Walden et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-25
    Practice Area: Damages | Wrongful Death
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Grant
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry Otho Brantley, Mary Diane Owens, Bradley S. Wolff (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta; Thomas H. Dupree Jr., Rajiv Mohan (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP), Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Karsten Bicknese, Robert Howard Betts (Seacrest, Karesh, Tate & Bicknese, LLP), Atlanta; James E. Butler Jr. (Butler, Wooten Cheely & Peak LLP), Atlanta; James Edward Butler III (Butler Tobin LLC), Atlanta; Cathy Cox (Mercer Law School), Macon; George C. Floyd (Floyd & Kendrick LLC), Bainbridge; Leigh Martin May (Butler, Wooten, Overby, Fryhofer), Atlanta; Michael Brian Terry, Frank Mitchell Lowrey IV (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta; David Thomas Rohwedder (Butler Wooten & Peak LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Michael Roger Boorman (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta; Brian David Boone, Kyle G.A. Wallace, Caroline M. Rawls, William Herman Jordan (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta; Christopher Randall Jordan (Hunter Maclean Exley & Dunn), Brunswick; Martin Adam Levinson (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta; Garret Warrington Meader (Drew ECKL & Farnham LLP), Brunswick; James Randolph Evans, Anthony Wyatt Morris (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, for amicus appellant. Matthew Britt Stoddard (The Stoddard Firm), Atlanta, for amicus appellee. Therese S. Barnes (Georgia Supreme Court), Atlanta, for other party. Ashby K. Fox, Louis G. Fiorilla (Burr & Forman LLP), Atlanta; Forrest S. Latta (Burr & Forman LLP), Mobile; D. Victor Reynolds, John Stuart Melvin, Michael Scott Carlson, John Richard Edwards, Amelia Greeson Pray (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for neutral amicus.
    Case Number: S17G0832

    The Court of Appeals did not err in affirming the trial court's decision finding that the compensation of the CEO of a car manufacturing company was admissible in a wrongful death suit because the prejudicial effect of the evidence did not outweigh its probative value pursuant to Rule 403.

  • April 24, 2018 | Daily Business Review

    State Sen. Gary Farmer Joins Morgan & Morgan

    “A small sacrifice was autonomy,” Gary Farmer said of joining 400-lawyer Morgan & Morgan after having his own smaller firm. “But with autonomy comes extra headaches."

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  • April 16, 2018 | The American Lawyer

    Goodwin Bulks Up Life Sciences Group With Cross-Border Dechert Hires

    Goodwin Procter announced the addition of a trans-Atlantic transactions team in its life sciences group. Meanwhile, White & Case said it had hired away a debt financing partner from Goodwin in New York.

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  • April 12, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

    TV Show Proves General Public Should Be More Aware of FDA's Medical Device Process

    Having started my career in mass torts, one of the first things I learned about was the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance process regarding a medical device. It wasn't until very recently (late November 2017 to be exact) that I realized how little the general public knows about this process.

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