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June 20, 2022 at 02:36 PM
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Welcome to "Who Got the Work?℠," a regular column that highlights the law firms and lawyers around the country who are being brought in to handle key cases and close major deals for their clients.
Consumer Class Action/Mass Tort Defense
Squire Patton Boggs and Berkowitz Oliver LLP have stepped in as defense counsel to Kansas City Life Insurance Company in a pending class action alleging excessive fee deductions. The case, filed May 5 in Maryland District Court by Stueve Siegal Hanson; Joseph Greenwald & Laake; and Miller Schirger LLC, accuses the defendant of deducting charges from the value of class members' life insurance policies that are not specifically permitted by the policies. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Beth P. Gesner, is 1:22-cv-01100, McMillan v. Kansas City Life Insurance Company. >> Read the filing on Law.com Radar.
Shook, Hardy & Bacon partner Naoki S. Kaneko has entered an appearance for Unilever in a pending class action over the company's Suave antiperspirant products. The suit, filed April 14 in California Central District Court by Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz and Bradley Grombacher LLP, claims that the subject products contain dangerously high levels of the carcinogen benzene. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jesus G. Bernal, is 5:22-cv-00652, Bernadette Bogdanovs v. Unilever United States Inc. >> Read the filing on Law.com Radar.
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- Barnes & Thornburg
- McCarter & English
- Burr & Forman
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- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
- Banner Witcoff
- Vinson & Elkins
- Alston & Bird
- Shook Hardy & Bacon
- Baker McKenzie
- Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz PLLC
- Polsinelli
- Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co
- Proskauer Rose
- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
- Morgan & Morgan
- Barnes Thornburg
- Jones Day
- Allen & Overy
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Who Got The Work
J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Who Got The Work
Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
Who Got The Work
Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
Who Got The Work
Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Wilfred P. Coronato and Daniel M. Schwartz of McCarter & English have stepped in as defense counsel to Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a pending product liability lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 26 in New York Eastern District Court by Poulos Lopiccolo PC and Nagel Rice LLP on behalf of David Stern, alleges that the defendant's refrigerators’ drawers and shelving repeatedly break and fall apart within months after purchase. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack, is 2:24-cv-08204, Stern v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
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