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Greenberg Traurig shareholder Mark Lesko has entered an appearance for Gershow Recycling Corporation in a pending environmental lawsuit. The action, filed on Aug. 20 in New York Eastern District Court by the U.S. attorney’s office, accuses the defendant of violating the Clean Air Act by failing to install appropriate controls and obtain a title operating permit that included applicable emission sources. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Gary R. Brown, is 2:24-cv-05794, United States of America v. Gershow Recycling Corporation.
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Colliers International, a Canadian commercial real estate and investment management firm, has turned to Dentons shareholders James D. Gilson, Andrew V. Wright and associate David B. Nielson to fight a pending securities lawsuit in connection with an alleged commercial real estate leasing scheme. The complaint, filed July 16 in Utah District Court by Pia Hoyt LLC, contends that the defendants used shell companies to induce plaintiffs Goldsmith Properties and Douglas Goldsmith to invest in property which was bundled with a fictitious long-term lease at an inflated rate. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Dale A. Kimball, is 2:24-cv-00499, Goldsmith et al v. Long et al.
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Edward T. Kole of Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer has entered an appearance for Sandoz in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The complaint, filed Aug. 26 in New Jersey District Court by Robinson Miller LLC, asserts forty six patents pertaining to Eyelea, a retinal disease treatment. The suit contends that the defendant's abbreviated biologics license application, which seeks FDA approval for the marketing and sale of a generic version of the plaintiff's product, will violate the plaintiff's asserted patents. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Michael E. Farbiarz, is 2:24-cv-08760, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Sandoz Inc.
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Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz shareholder Zachary B. Busey has entered an appearance for Alliance Health Center in a pending lawsuit over alleged wage-and-hour violations. The action was filed on July 22 in Mississippi Southern District Court by Watson & Norris on behalf of a nurse who accuses the defendant of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to pay accurate overtime wages. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate, is 3:24-cv-00428, Chancellor v. Alliance Health Center, Inc.
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Maynard, Cooper & Gale shareholder Josh B. Baker and Aaron J. Campbell of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings have entered appearances for Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co. and P&S Insurance Risk Retention Group, respectively, in a pending complaint for declaratory relief. The action, filed on July 22 in Alabama Northern District Court by Norman, Wood, Kendrick & Turner on behalf of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance USA and Steel Summit Holdings, seeks to declare that the defendants have a duty to indemnify the plaintiffs in an underlying personal injury lawsuit. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge L. Scott Coogler, is 5:24-cv-00982, Steel Summit Holdings Inc et al v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company et al
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