Pepper Hamilton’s strength in products liability litigation has included resolving much of the diabetes drug Avandia litigation for GlaxoSmithKline without any trials.
The settlement strategy for a litigation that included federal multidistrict litigation before U.S. District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania was to get rid of the people who posed the biggest threat – the people on the plaintiffs side who had the most experience, the strongest claims and “deepest bench” to pursue the litigation – Pepper partner George A. Lehner said. Lehner has worked at the firm since 1989, except for the two years he led a U.S. Department of State team responding to a claim filed by the Islamic Republic of Iran before the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal.
