Successfully defending a toxic
tort group action arising out of claims of harm caused by historic contamination of land used for residential housing.
Tim is chair of our Mass & Toxic
Tort Group and leads our Chemical Industry Group, a multidisciplinary practice group focused on finding creative solutions to our clients» concerns and issues in the chemical industry.
Product Liability & Toxic Torts: Robb has been Co-Chair of the firm's Product Liability & Toxic
Tort Group since 1999.
Hughes Hubbard's Product Liability and Mass
Tort group is widely recognized by leading legal publications, jurists, clients and the products bar at large as a «go to» defense team for a company's most complex and challenging products litigation.
Stephen is a member of Frost Brown Todd LLC and the Firm's class action, privacy and mass
tort groups.
Stephen Embry is a member of Frost Brown Todd LLC and is a member of the firm's class action, privacy and mass
tort groups.
Steve is based in Louisville, KY, and practices in the Class Action, Privacy, and Mass
Tort groups there at the firm.
Not exact matches
Lively's work in Uganda led to a lawsuit against him under the Alien
Tort Claims Act, filed March 14, 2012, by Se.xual Minorities Uganda, an LGBT rights
group in that country, and the Center for Consti.tutional Rights in the U.S..
Earlier this year, Dropout Nation argued that one way that school reformers — including school choice activists and Parent Power
groups — could advance reform and expand school choice was to file lawsuits similar to school funding
torts used for the past four decades by school funding advocates.
Birmingham, AL About Blog For over 20 years the hardworking lawyers at Environmental Litigation
Group, P.C. have built a practice dedicated to asbestos litigation and toxic
torts.
Andrew J. Pincus filed an amicus for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the American
Tort Reform Association and other
groups in support of Bristol - Myers Squibb.
Even if claims against individual health care providers were likely to be successful, it should be added that
tort law challenges to individual decision - makers may not be ideal from the perspective of patients with rare diseases as a
group, as the individualized outcome in
tort cases does not necessarily lead to the larger, policy change desired by many patients.
The bill is part of the agenda of ALEC's very active Civil Justice Task Force, co-chaired by Victor Schwartz, General Counsel for the American
Tort Reform Association (ATRA), a corporate
group seeking to limit the liability of its corporate members.
Erste
Group Bank AG v JSC VMZ «Red October» (above): dispute between applicability of Russian and English law to
tort claims under Rome II Regulation.
In addition to breach of fiduciary duty, Business Trial
Group attorneys routinely litigate various business
tort claims, including:
· Our Appellate
group is known for working with our trial lawyers to handle litigation in a broad range of areas, including qui tam actions and securities, oil and gas / energy, the First Amendment, patent and intellectual property, bankruptcy, tax, commercial transactions, business
torts, mass
torts, catastrophic personal injury claims, condemnation and regulatory matters.
Composed of experienced litigation attorneys, the firm is skilled at representing
groups of injured clients in class action and mass
tort litigation in both state and federal courts.
As one of a distinguished
group of attorneys who have been listed in Best Lawyers in America for 20 years, Andy has been selected by his peers for inclusion in eight categories: Appellate Practice, Bet - the - Company Litigation, Labor & Employment Litigation, White - Collar Criminal Defense, Commercial Litigation, Mass
Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs, Civil Rights Law, and Real Estate Litigation.
Among the great things that happened on November 4, voters ousted anti-consumer judges in major upsets by electing two chief justices and two supreme court incumbents, and re-electing the West Virginia attorney general, who has been relentlessly targeted by «
tort reform»
groups and attacked during the campaign by U.S. Chamber of Commerce - supported ads, which were produced by the same nice folks who brought you the famous «swift boat» spots.
Raymond Lyons is a partner of Lipe Lyons Murphy Nahrstadt & Pontikis, Ltd. and a member of the firm's product liability, construction, transportation and
tort defense practice
groups.
Groups such as the American
Tort Reform Association seek to further reduce the cap on noneconomic damages to $ 250,000.
Mr. Arias has written, lectured and spoken on various subjects at law schools, legal seminars, webinars and legal conferences on topics including: litigating class actions, mass
tort litigation, expert witness depositions and cross-examination, death care litigation, unfair business practices, business litigation, settlement issues and strategies, construction defect litigation, business
torts, complex litigation, electronic evidence, discovery, jury selection, the use of jury consultants and focus
groups, employment law, trial of class actions and representative actions.
She was also previously an attorney at Herzfeld & Rubin LLP in the firm's complex
Tort & Product Liability
group representing automotive manufacturers.
Mr Justice Cooke held in Nomura International plc v Granada
Group Ltd and others [2007] EWHC 642 (Comm), [2007] All ER (D) 404 (Mar) that it depends on whether the claimant can properly identify the essence of the
tort or breach of contract complained of and, if given appropriate time to marshall what he knows, is in a position to formulate particulars of claim.
You are not the first
group of law students to take Professor X's dreaded
torts exam, or Professor Smith's twenty - four hour take home property exam.
Our Asbestos and Mass
Tort Litigation Practice
Group is not only housed in our Philadelphia office, but we have a regional presence with attorneys residing to the north within our Long Island office, to the west in our Pittsburgh office, to the south in our Delaware office and also in both of our New Jersey offices.
Although toxic
tort claims can be filed on behalf of an individual, they often seek compensation for a
group of people, which is referred to as a class action lawsuit.
In addition to our practice
group's extensive experience in the defense of asbestos claims, our attorneys also have experience in handling other toxic
tort matters, including benzene, mold, chemical sensitivity, lead and other chemical exposures.
* Dan is chair of our Asbestos and Mass
Tort Litigation Practice
Group.
The «all stripes
group» handles «bread and butter commercial contract disputes» as well as securities, insurance and
tort litigation.
Marshall Dennehey's Asbestos and Mass
Tort Litigation Practice
Group has been involved since a flood of this litigation began in the 1970s.
Successfully represented a
group of property and casualty insurers in a coverage and bad faith lawsuit in Houston, Texas, in which the insureds sought more than $ 100 million for alleged business interruption losses, costs associated with defense of toxic
tort suits, Superfund project costs, and bad faith damages, all arising from the insureds» operation of a California landfill deemed to have polluted a key source of drinking water for the Los Angeles area.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Bell interned for federal judges in the Southern District of Texas and Northern District of Georgia, and she worked in an international law firm's
tort and environmental law
group.
We have a lead role in this most recent mass
tort litigation and are one of a select
group of firms on the National Steering Committee for this multi-district litigation.
Even if you are suffering needlessly due to another individual or
group, a class action / mass
torts lawsuit can seem daunting, preventing you from taking necessary action.
We also help our clients develop strategies to address the media and the numerous community engagement
groups that are typically involved in these high - profile environmental
tort cases.
Ilana Tabacinic — Litigation Practice
Group, Miami Ilana Tabacinic focuses her practice on high - value business litigation and arbitration across the United States and internationally, including real estate disputes, fraud, business
torts, and insurance disputes.
A class action / mass
torts lawsuit is a way to sue an individual or a
group when there are multiple people with the same case.
Enjolique Aytch — Litigation Practice
Group, Fort Lauderdale Enjolique Aytch focuses her practice on products liability and mass
tort litigation.
WOODLAND HILLS, CA ---- Consumer Attorney Marketing
Group (CAMG), a leader in legal marketing, and Medical Records Express (MRE), an innovator in the medical records retrieval and mass
tort services space have joined forces, to expand CAMG's spectrum of offerings to include medical records retrieval, review and consulting with the opening of Consumer Attorney Record Services (CARS).
After a few months of litigation in Orange County, Brown Law
Group successfully represented a Fortune 100 company (one of the oldest industrial companies in the United States) and negotiated a dismissal of a cross-complaint for breach of contract, interference and other business
torts filed against the company in exchange for a mere waiver of costs.
«We have reinvented the concept of «one - stop shop» for law firms with our response driven approach to marketing, answering and qualifying calls, getting documents signed and returned, and now medical records retrieval through mass
tort settlement services,» commented Steve Nober, President and CEO of Consumer Attorney Marketing
Group.
Karin's practice comprises civil litigation, human rights, and plaintiff - side employment law; and she is particularly interested in using
tort and human rights law to strengthen institutional responsibilities towards women's security, as well as that of other historically marginalized
groups.
It classified a privacy action as a
tort that will support a class action (called a «
group action'there) and also service out of the jurisdiction.
Groups such as I - LAW often refer to themselves as promoting «
tort reform,» and bloggers and journalists often run with this label.
Considering both
tort costs and
tort laws and what they say about the litigation outlook for businesses, the study
grouped the states into four categories:
This
group handles single plaintiff and mass
tort litigation, complex multidistrict litigation, and class - action claims.
The
group also includes John Duffy, a highly distinguished Professor of
torts and patent law at the University of Virginia School of Law, who brings his considerable legal and appellate expertise to the
group's wide range of challenging, complex matters.
This skill makes her a critical part of the
Group, which focuses on large - scale complex environmental
torts.
He is a member of the Commercial Litigation, Construction, and
Tort & Product Liability practice
groups.