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Cite as: Viacom International, Inc. v. Youtube, Inc., 10-3270-cv, NYLJ 1202548443347, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided April 5, 2012)Before: Cabranes and Livingsto
Judge James Selna created two separate plaintiffs' committees, one for personal injury and wrongful death, the other for economic losses. To lead them, he picked a lot of lawyers from California.
Line begins to form for lead counsel committee in Toyota MDL
Dan Becnel Jr. became the first plaintiffs' attorney to apply for the coveted lead counsel status in the multidistrict litigation (MDL) against Toyota Motor Corp. In a court document filed on April 22, Becnel said: "I do not believe anyone in the country has as much experience that I have in MDLs over the past 25 years."Sullivan v. DB Investments Inc.
It was improper for the District Court to certify a nationwide class based on state law when many states withhold antitrust standing from indirect purchasers and where the variability in consumer protection and unjust-enrichment law in this context is extreme.Former Coke GC Wins Democratic Primary for Mass. Governor
Deval L. Patrick, former GC of The Coca-Cola Co., is on his way to a career change: On Tuesday he won the Democratic primary for governor of Massachusetts, besting venture capitalist Christopher Gabrieli and state AG Thomas Reilly. On Nov. 7, Patrick faces off against Republican Lt. Gov. Kerry Murphy Healey. Whoever wins, the Healey-Patrick race will make history. If Healey wins, she will become the first woman elected to that post. If Patrick wins, he will become the first black governor of Massachusetts.We wish all beauty contests would be run this way. Florida has just released plaintiffs firms' responses to its request for proposals. They're chock-a-block with competitive intelligence.
Who Killed the Mass Torts Bonanza?
The power of the plaintiffs bar is on the wane in this country, and will be for a long time to come. To be sure, plaintiffs lawyers and mass torts aren't going to disappear. There will always be people injured by the products or actions of big corporations, and there's still money to be made representing them. But the bonanza -- the Wild West era in which mass torts was an unfettered frontier and plaintiffs lawyers seemed to have all the firepower -- is over.The First Circuit affirmed a $142 million verdict, revived class certification, and reinstated racketeering and state law claims in a trio of cases involving Pfizer's off-label marketing of Neurontin. The drug company relied on Skadden and Quinn Emanuel for the appeals.
Expert Witness Helps Launch Employment Law Industry
Bill Bielby has provided expert testimony in more than 50 cases -- including the successful class certification motion on behalf of 1.6 million female Wal-Mart employees. He has helped plaintiff attorneys win about $1 billion in settlements and helped launch a new wave of discrimination class actions. But he is also the scourge of the employment defense bar, which says his entire field of expertise shouldn't be allowed through the courtroom door.Creating a Culture of Compliance
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