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October 28, 2021 | The Recorder

3 Law Firms Join Forces for Leadership Bid in Orange County Oil Spill Class Actions

The attorneys seeking appointment have decades of experience and wins totaling billions of dollars.
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October 04, 2021 | The Recorder

Proposed Class Action Filed Over California Oil Spill as Other Legal Threats Mount

Much more litigation is possible, as are criminal charges, with cities such as Huntington Beach already vowing accountability and Orange County's elected district attorney pushing for an investigation.
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October 04, 2021 | The Recorder

Montrose Chemical Corp. Agrees to $77M in Consent Decrees in 31-Year Lawsuit Over DDT Pollution

The new agreements largely resolve all remaining issues from a 2000 bench trial that remained under submission when the presiding judge died in 2019.
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September 27, 2021 | The Recorder

Southern California Gas to Pay $1.8B to Resolve 35,000 Claims Over Gas Leak

Monday's settlement, one of the largest environmental tort agreements in California, comes as Southern California Gas and its parent company, Sempra, faced trial in the litigation, which alleges the leak at the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility in Los Angeles caused medical problems and property damages for businesses and residents.
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September 02, 2021 | The Recorder

'We Were a Key Part of Tom Winning Some Big Cases.' How Tom Girardi's Downfall Hit One Consulting Firm.

L. Everett & Associates, an environmental consulting firm based in Santa Barbara, is one of 500 creditors in the Girardi Keese bankruptcy. The firm, which has a $200,000 claim, worked for 20 years with Girardi Keese, often on cases referred by Erin Brockovich. "There was a time when the checks stopped coming, and we became quite nervous," said CEO Lorne Everett.
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August 26, 2021 | The Recorder

Girardi Keese Owes $101 Million. It Has $4.1 Million, a Cadillac and a Signed Beach Boys Album

A summary of assets and liabilities filed Tuesday by the trustee in the Girardi Keese bankruptcy included nearly 500 separate claims from litigation financing firms, law firms, consulting firms, media companies, vendors, former employees and others. It also lists 5,276 clients, including 970 minors, who may be owed money.
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August 23, 2021 | The Recorder

Girardi Keese Bankruptcy Trustee Files Third Lawsuit Seeking Millions in Legal Fees

This time, Elissa Miller, the trustee of Girardi Keese's Chapter 7 filing who sued Erika Girardi last month, alleges the defunct Los Angeles firm's former co-counsel in a case failed to turn over potentially millions of dollars in legal fees.
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May 19, 2021 | The Recorder

Judge Appears Hesitant to Approve $2 Billion Roundup Class Settlement

U.S. District Judge Vince Chabbria told the lawyers Wednesday he viewed the settlement as consisting of two distinct classes with separate concerns: class members who have been exposed to Roundup but not been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and class members who have been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma after being exposed to Roundup but don't have lawyers.
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May 05, 2021 | The Recorder

'This Settlement Will Kill People': Objectors Persist in Critiques of Roundup Class Action Accord

An April 30 supplemental brief was filed for 93 law firms and 167 lawyers objecting to the $2 billion settlement. Public Justice and Public Citizen filed their own supplemental briefs, focused on several issues, including the release of punitive damage claims. An approval hearing is set for May 19.
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April 07, 2021 | The Recorder

Law Student Climate Change Activists Target Gibson Dunn

Law Students for Climate Accountability has launched a campaign dubbed #DoneWithDunn that asks the law firm to adopt standards for the fossil fuel clients and cases it will take on.
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