Sentences with phrase «with lead plaintiff»

In a significant victory for investors, Pomerantz, as sole lead counsel for the class, along with Lead Plaintiff Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited, has achieved a historic $ 2.95 billion partial settlement with Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. — Petrobras.

In January and February 2018, Pomerantz, sole lead counsel for the class, along with lead plaintiff Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited, achieved a historic $ 3 billion settlement with Brazil's energy giant, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. — Petrobras.

We have gone head - to - head with the leading plaintiffs» counsel in jurisdictions across the country.

Not exact matches

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ILRC actively advocates on transportation issues and is a lead plaintiff in a case against BART for failing to ensure that people with disabilities can access the regional mass transit system.

[107] This class action lawsuit was filed in 1994 with Selma Buycks - Roberson as lead plaintiff and alleged that Citibank Federal Savings Bank had engaged in practices forbidden under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Fair Housing Act.

Based upon this analysis, we provide our clients with recommendations concerning whether they should: (1) move to be appointed lead plaintiff; (2) file an individual non-class action in federal or state court; or (3) take no active role, that is, remain a class member in an action initiated by others.

Scalia, attorney for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the lead plaintiff, opened with a smooth presentation outlining familiar arguments: the DOL lacks the authority to regulate advisors, acted in an «arbitrary and capricious» manner, and violated plaintiffs» First Amendment rights.

Pomerantz LLP and Lead Plaintiff Universities Superannuation Scheme, Ltd. have reached a $ 50 million settlement with Petrobras» auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers Auditores Independentes.

Pomerantz LLP («Pomerantz») and Lead Plaintiff Universities Superannuation Scheme, Ltd. have reached a $ 50 million settlement with Petrobras» auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers Auditores Independentes («PwC Brazil»).

He joined with a number of other DC residents on the case but was the lead plaintiff in Jackson v District of Columbia Board of Elections.

She was involved with the 2004 presidential recount in Ohio, and the lead plaintiff in the Rios versus Blackwell lawsuit.

Last week, lead plaintiff Rebecca Friedrichs and Terry Pell, president of the Center for Individual Rights, outlined their side of the case with reporter, insisting that forcing employees to pay dues to a union infringed on their rights to free speech.

Once the briefs are all filed, the court will schedule a date for oral arguments, but there is no timeframe on when the court must schedule it, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., the plaintiffs» lead co-counsel, explained in a phone call today with reporters.

On cross examination, plaintiffs» attorney Marcellus McRae tried to chip away at the heft of Fraisse's testimony by having the witness concede that the districts he led were relatively small with few schools and had student populations that were largely white, with much smaller percentages of blacks and African Americans.

Lead plaintiff Rebecca Friedrichs has taught kindergarten through fourth grade for twenty - six years and believes the CTA has become increasingly out of touch with what is happening in the classroom and society.

Bridgeport resident Jessica Martinez, whose son Jose is the lead plaintiff in the suit, is fed up with losing the school - choice lottery and being unable to get her 13 - year - old son into a high - performing magnet or charter school.

In a statement reported by the Orlando Sentinel, teachers union president and lead plaintiff Joanne McCall expressed frustration with the courts» decisions, and asked: «Who is allowed to challenge the constitutionality of the tax credit vouchers?»

The Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) has created two events that will put SEMA Show attendees in the room with Todd Tracy, lead counsel for the plaintiffs in Seebachan vs. John Eagle Collision.

People familiar with the long - running investigation of whether the class action firm paid kickbacks to lead plaintiffs said the Milberg lawyers and L.A. federal prosecutors remained far apart on a deferred - prosecution agreement that's been discussed for months.

After he successfully defended one such driver last year when the court ruled that the ticket had nothing to do with the statute being relied upon, that client turned into the lead plaintiff in a putative class action lawsuit that Jones recently filed attacking this type of enforcement.

A number of legal bloggers roundly condemned Jones Day for bringing the suit, with Public Citizen lawyer Paul Alan Levy leading the backlash with his post at the Consumer Law & Policy Blog in which he said that the lawsuit deserved a prize for «grossest abuse of trademark law to suppress speech the plaintiff doesn't like.»

This past weekend, the Sacramento Bee carried a lengthy article, Visionary law's litigious legacy (11/12/06), on how California's implementation of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has lead to litigation over ADA violations, which end in payouts to individual plaintiffs and lawyers rather than access for the disabled.

This week on the legal affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, we speak with attorney John Henry Browne, a lead plaintiff in the lawsuit against the new lawyer rating service Avvo.

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The case led to a nine - day trial, at which the defendant hospital denied that the plaintiff suffered from CRPS, and it claimed that if he did it was not a result of their negligence but instead caused by the procedures he later underwent to deal with his arm pain.

(Our legal - affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer earlier this week spoke with attorney John Henry Browne, a lead plaintiff in the lawsuit against Avvo.

Craig's first trial as lead counsel concluded Thursday, September 13th, 2007 in Burleson County, Texas with a win for the Plaintiffs.

As long as it's during the period when Josephine is an individual plaintiff and not a class, her individual settlement doesn't settle the case with regards to the other plaintiffs (members of the class) who could still sue, but would have to find a different lead plaintiff.

As lead trial counsel in the no - fault department, Paul has obtained plaintiff's verdicts in thousands of trials as well as settled over five thousand cases during his time with the firm.

For example, even if everything else were true, if the defendant had also stated that the CEO of the Plaintiff was convicted of leading a Nazi concentration camp and killed millions of people, which would have been possible given the CEO's age, knowing perfectly well that the person with a similar name to the CEO who did so was someone else who died an untimely death decades ago, that statement might be defamatory and actionable (at least by the CEO personally and probably by the company if it was alleged that he was hired despite the fact that the company was aware of this circumstance).

The Court of Appeals further held that even though the Housing Authority of Baltimore City had a legal duty to inspect properties for deteriorating lead paint, the plaintiffs still had a duty to comply with the notice requirements of the Maryland Local Tort Claims Act.

In the case at hand, the Court of Appeals ruled that the plaintiff did not give adequate notice when she did not file a complaint with the Housing Authority about lead paint.

Justice Lederman commented at paragraph 40 that «The course of Dr. Harvey's conduct, beginning with lies, and leading ultimately to the falsification of evidence, was done for the purpose of hiding his alleged negligence and also for the purpose of creating doubt in the plaintiffs» minds about the wisdom of bringing a claim.»

The Housing Authority had a 1992 letter from the plaintiff's doctor stating that she had elevated levels of lead in her blood, but it was not enough to put the Housing Authority on notice that there was a problem with lead paint in its residential housing.

He also assisted plaintiffs» national lead trial counsel with the multi-district litigation against leading airbag manufacturer, Takata, and against multinational automotive manufacturers.

Moreover, the fact that the docket reflects that the plaintiff's counsel never filed the amended complaint until July 21, 2006, makes the reason for his first two requests — that he needed to meet with an expert to file a more detailed complaint — irrelevant and leads us to an inference that this reason was a pretext.

If plaintiffs are faced with a motion for summary judgment, they «must lead trumps or risk losing,» he said in Sweda Farms v. Egg Farmers of Ontario.

I was able to obtain summary judgment based upon the statute of limitations, in which the court found that the doctors» advice to the plaintiff that «nothing was wrong with her», was not sufficient to delay the discovery of her injuries so as to avoid the bar of the statute of limitations; and Nahrstedt v. Lakeside Village, the leading case in California which held that provisions in the CC&R s are presumed to be reasonable and enforceable.

It also leaves the plaintiffs with the burden of leading voluminous evidence in order to prove, at least on a balance of probabilities, the factual basis to support their claims, including proof of Aboriginal Title, associated rights and interest, and the damages allegedly suffered.

Counsel deposes that the plaintiff's alcohol consumption was interfering with his ability to obtain instructions from her at the time of the offer; however, the plaintiff's mental health or state of sobriety was not of such a serious nature that it led counsel to apply for an adjournment of the trial that began within days of the offer.

He also acted as lead counsel for the General Service Small / General Service Medium customer class in a multi-week hearing before the Manitoba Public Utilities Board for the first Cost of Service Review of Manitoba hydro in over 10 years, and is acting for acting for SNC - Lavalin as a plaintiff in a multimillion - dollar coverage claim as against its insurer with respect to an E&O claim regarding a major infrastructure project in Manitoba.

The accident that led to the filing of Carson v. All Erection & Crane Rental Corporation occurred on September 20, 2012, as the plaintiff was working with another contractor to use a crane rented from the defendant to install wind turbines.

Rakoff Alert: Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently raised reservations with respect to the appointment of lead plaintiff in a securities class action, Bloomberg reports.

Motions for class certification are moving to the later stage of cases, and, unless the motion for class certification is denied, the case will proceed on a class basis, with a representative plaintiff leading.

His work with a local firm there gave Timms experience in many different areas of law and ultimately lead him in the direction of plaintiff's work, personal injury law and his own firm.

The leadership fight in the Flint water contamination cases has escalated, with co-lead counsel firing back against «false and misleading accusations» and at least one defendant in the case raising concerns about the communications that all the lead plaintiffs lawyers have had with prospective class members.

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Working with our market leading bankruptcy disputes practice, Quinn Emanuel has been at the forefront of pursuing plaintiffs» rights against competition law infringers that subsequently declare bankruptcy.

Served as lead counsel for the defendant and obtained reversal by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals of a district court's order certifying a 29 - jurisdiction class action alleging consumer fraud by a Fortune 50 retailer, and subsequently successfully moved for dismissal with prejudice of named plaintiff's claims and obtained a nationwide injunction against future attempts to certify a class based on similar allegations.