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October 10, 2010 |

Steering Committee Members Selected for Gulf Coast Oil Spill Suits

A U.S. district court judge in New Orleans has picked 15 lawyers to lead a plaintiffs' steering committee in multi-district oil spill litigation against BP and several other defendants stemming from the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico last April.
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November 11, 2005 |

Asbestos Cases Changing with the Times

Current litigation has been affected by the passing of the WWII shipyard generation that included the majority of past asbestos cases, and many defendants in bankruptcy or out of business.
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The Global Lawyer: Ecuador Plaintiffs Survive Chevron Video Attack
Publication Date: 2010-11-02
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With new strategies and new co-counsel, the plaintiffs in the massive Amazon environmental case against Chevron Corporation are back on the offensive. Will Chevron be able to make its fraud claims stick?

March 02, 2007 |

Congoleum's 'Prepackaged' Bankruptcy Shot Down by Judge

A federal judge in Trenton, N.J., has shot down Congoleum's "prepackaged" Chapter 11 reorganization plan. The plan drafted by Congoleum and the principals of two national asbestos plaintiffs powerhouses, Joseph F. Rice and Perry Weitz, proposed a trust funded by company insurers to which the two plaintiffs firms' clients would get first preference. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kathryn C. Ferguson said the plan wasn't fair and equitable and noted "serious concerns" over Rice and Weitz's "independence of judgment."
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April 09, 2007 |

Football Players Sue NFL Union

A group of former and current players has sued the National Football League Players Association, alleging lack of oversight of a financial adviser program that led to the loss of millions of dollars.
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July 01, 2006 |

Asbestos Removal

n LATE MAY, SENATOR Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania) introduced a new version of the asbestos reform legislation that's been kicking around the Senate Judiciary Committee for the last few years-the latest attempt to create a nationwide trust fund that removes asbestos cases from the tort system. Specter reminded senators that it was their duty to take action "for the sake of thousands of [dying asbestos victims] who are unable to secure compensation in today's broken tort system."
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Chevron Corporation, Plaintiff v. Steven Donziger, et al., Defendants, 11 Civ. 0691 (LAK)
Publication Date: 2011-05-10
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Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
Judge: District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan
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For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff: Randy M. Mastro, Andrea E. Neuman, Scott A. Edelman, Kristen L. Hendricks, William E. Thomson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP.
For defendant: Attorneys for Defendants Hugo Gerardo Camacho Naranjo and Javier Piaguaje Payaguaje, Julio C. Gomez, Julio C. Gomez, Attorney at Law LLC Carlos A. Zalaya, II, F. Gerald Maples, PA
Case number: 11 Civ. 0691 (LAK)

Cite as: Chevron Corp. v. Donziger, 11 Civ. 0691 (LAK), NYLJ 1202493469125, at *1 (SDNY, Decided May 9, 2011)District Judge Lewis A. Kaplanp class="decid

October 17, 2006 |

The Plaintiffs' Hot List: The Year's Hottest Firms

Check out this year's top 11 plaintiffs firms and their noteworthy cases.
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