Monica Mleczko and Robert G. Jones of Ropes & Gray have stepped in to represent Bluebird Bio and its top officials in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed June 27 in Massachusetts District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Mantas Simaitis, contends that certain directors and officers of Bluebird falsely assured that the company's drug Lyfegnia, for the treatment of sickle cell disease, was going to receive FDA approval without a 'black box' warning. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Patti B. Saris, is 1:24-cv-11674, Simaitis v. Obenshain et al.
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner partner Philip Karmel has entered an appearance for Westchester Joint Water Works in a pending environmental lawsuit. The case, filed June 24 in New York Southern District Court by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, contends that the defendants' water supplies contain excessive levels of five disinfection byproducts known as haloacetic acids. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Nelson Stephen Roman, is 7:24-cv-04783, United States of America v. Westchester Joint Water Works et al.
Fenwick & West partner Catherine D. Kevane has entered an appearance for Gritstone Bio in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Aug. 26 in California Northern District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Kenneth Granville, accuses certain officers and directors of misrepresenting the company's ability to obtain external funding in connection with its COVID-19 vaccine candidate study as well as the timeframe to its launch. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, is 3:24-cv-06018, Granville v. Allen et al.
Balch & Bingham partners Leo E. Manuel and Matt W. McDade have stepped in to represent seafood restaurant Mary Mahoney’s d/b/a Mary Mahoney’s Old French House and Anthony C. Cvitanovich in a pending civil RICO class action. The court action was filed Aug. 2 in Mississippi Southern District Court by Gill, Ladner & Priest; the Dumas Law Firm; and Abdalla Law. The suit accuses the defendants of conspiring to defraud thousands of consumers by selling them high-priced locally sourced premium fish despite serving cheap frozen foreign fish instead. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Taylor B. McNeel, is 1:24-cv-00241, McCain v. Mary Mahoney's, Inc. et al.
Jounice Nealy-Brown and Beatriz M. Miranda of Gunster have stepped in to represent Adams Air & Hydraulics in a pending lawsuit alleging employment discrimination under the ADA. The case was filed Aug. 2 in Florida Middle District Court by the Law Office of Keith M. Stern on behalf of an account manager who claims the defendant reduced his role and ultimately terminated him because his disability. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven, is 8:24-cv-01827, Franks v. Adams Air & Hydraulics, Inc.
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